How Pinterest Started
Pinterest is a photo sharing website that is in the top 50 most popular sites in the world. However, the visual discovery tool began as just a dream. Ben...
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8 articles from the Eudaimonia collection.
snapchat
How Snapchat Started
Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia app originally created by three students from Stanford university. After a very slow start, it’s now hit...
Clive Thompson
Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson
One benefit of reading a wide variety of books is that you come across words that you’ve never heard of before. Take the name of this channel for...
Marshall McLuhan
The Medium is the Message by Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan was a visionary, far ahead of his time. The Canadian was a philosopher and professor but could perhaps be best described as a...
Theodore Adorno
Why do we buy things we don't need? | Adverts & Theodor Adorno
The German philosopher and sociologist, Theodor Adorno was a critic of what he described as the culture industry, which is the term he used to describe...
Social Media
What everyone ought to know about Social Media
Technology has introduced both positive and negative impacts on society as a whole. It has made our lives easier but has also made people lazier. Social...
Philosophy
How to Control Anger | Facebook Statuses & Seneca the Philosopher
How can we control our anger in the modern world? Perhaps Seneca’s wisdom can help us. Seneca was a stoic philosopher who acted as a tutor and advisor to...
Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton
The social media giant Twitter had humble beginnings. It was formed by four co-founders: Ev, Noah, Jack and Biz. Evan Williams was 25 when he moved to...