Sociology

• What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn
• The Tamagotchi Trap: On the Dangers of Mindful Design, Well-being-based Design, Behavior Change, etc
• Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?
• The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism
• The second Renaissance
• HN discussion on “Success on YouTube Still Means a Life of Poverty”

Psychology

• Human Values: A Quick Primer
• Ask HN: Is it ‘normal’ to struggle so hard with work?
• How poverty changes your mind-set

Biology

• New studies zero in on roots of depression and why ketamine reverses it
• Cell Signalling
• Do Animals “Lie”? Yes, Even to Their Own Kind, Biologist Says
• The ramifications of a new type of gene
• What is the evolutionary benefit or purpose of having periods? Why can’t women just get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?

Technology

• The Shallowness of Google Translate
• Kialo: A platform that facilitates constructive debate
• AnimeJS: Javascript Animation Engine
• The Hacker Classics

Education

• Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism: What’s the difference?
• Summary of the course “Learning How to Learn”