„For many – including us – ending extreme poverty is one of the most important tasks for our time and our generation. But just as with climate change, global health, or demographic challenges, any meaningful debate concerning how we should pursue this goal requires all the participants to understand the best evidence on how poverty has changed over time, and what these numbers represent.“ -> ourworldindata.org/extreme-history-methods

„A highway speed limit was “contrary to every common sense,” the transport minister, Andreas Scheuer, swiftly declared, contradicting his own experts.

And that was that.

As far as quasi-religious national obsessions go for large portions of a country’s population, the German aversion to speed limits on the autobahn is up there with gun control in America and whaling in Japan.“ -> www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/world/europe/germany-autobahn-speed-limit.html

😀 „When I have a complaint about a company, and regular customer services just can’t fix it, I cheat. I send a connection request to the CEO, or head of customer service, or anyone senior who looks like they might actually hold some sway.“ -> Abusing LinkedIn for better customer service

Es gibt übrigens nichts Niedlicheres als tanzende Einjährige.

Zusammengeführt wird das gesamte Facebook-Netzwerk insgesamt sicher auf 3 Milliarden monatliche aktive Nutzer kommen. Nette Zahl für die Werbekunden. Außerdem: Features wie Stories über die gesamte App-Familie ausrollen, wird einfacher.. -> neunetz.com/2019/01/29/die-folgen-von-zuckerbergs-plan-whatsapp-instagram-und-facebook-messenger-zu-vereinen/

„most active Overcast users add at least two new podcasts each month.“ -> marco.org/2019/01/28/overcast-instant-search