Lee Fordham

Founder at Synthesis @thisisSynthesis II We do Human Centred Data Science

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The fantasy of artificial consciousness is not just wrong; it���s boring, writes @StephenMarche. In reality, AI is becoming something even stranger.

https://t.co/rKUFLSzSfL

[Brian Chesky @bchesky]

1. Starting today, I'm living on Airbnb. I’ll be staying in a different town or city every couple weeks

[Hannah Fry @FryRsquared]

The very lovely @johnthornhillft took me to lunch a couple of weeks ago for a profile piece for the @FT.

👎 he told everyone I was late

👍 he didn’t tell everyone I also accidentally spilled the sugar all over the table.

https://t.co/cfm0eKtTsS

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

“Only a graph speaks directly to the eyes”

https://t.co/X200KkNhBt

[Synthesis @thisissynthesis]

We took a deep dive into why Indonesian podcasts like @rintiksedupod and @pod_malamkliwon are taking off. Check out what we found: https://t.co/g2cvBFEDo7

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

“Climate change = human change, it requires reimagining our lives” @KuperSimon

How to cope with the climate apocalypse https://t.co/yelI1KZLIS

[Synthesis @thisissynthesis]

Spotify's been investing heavily in podcasts lately 🎧 Our next content piece investigates an up and coming Asian podcast market. Stay tuned! https://t.co/NNwRpDSyL5

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

One of my favorite scientific figures is this one of the entropy levels of 100 world cities by the orientation of streets. The cities with most ordered streets: Chicago, Miami, & Minneapolis. Most disordered: Charlotte, Sao Paulo, Rome & Singapore. Paper: https://t.co/DTd5JiahmF

[Synthesis @thisissynthesis]

"It’s always easy to say you want to help the planet, but the planet is too big. What do people relate to? What do people react to? What can you do to get people to act?" Jessica on the value of audience segmentation in planning sustainability communications #sustainabilityIRL

[AudreySYN @audreySYN_]

Kicking off #sustainabilityirl in a few minutes! Excited to share the ambition and hear from our panelists and the community. #sustainability #singapore #DataScience

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

My recommended new books for the summer cover leadership and change, fear and courage, commitment and meaning, judgment and decision-making, and communication and conflict.

https://t.co/1Rc99Q8Xg9

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

Gender data gaps are the failure to include the perspective of women.

“These silences are more urgent when big data is corrupted by big silences, where the ‘truths’ are only ever half truths at best” @CCriadoPerez

We're working on changing that
https://t.co/3KEQU2Kjz0 #IWD

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

For a less exhausting experience...

1. Take some calls with video off
2. Make video grid smaller proportion of screen to create ‘interpersonal distance’
3. Hide self-view to reduce ‘constant mirror’ impact
4. Switch from laptop to mobile to increase mobility

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

*Why #Zoom is particularly exhausting* from @StanfordVR

1) Excessive eye gaze (typically reserved for intimacy)
2) Cognitive overload of complex nonverbal cues
3) Increased self-evaluation
4) Constraints on physical mobility

https://t.co/n2ENalUAep

[Sarah Frier @sarahfrier]

Instagram: "We don’t want Instagram to be such a competition." *tests removing likes*

Teens: *turn their profiles into "business" accounts for more detailed metrics, making their contact info public*

https://t.co/00D4SObO8L

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

Lazy out-dated tropes from @HeinzBabiesSG making incompetent idiots of dads #daddyproof #😷

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

Even with our eyes closed, it’s good to know the public trusts BBC News more than the Sun.

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

@alouneou @tengkiat the late blow at the corner flag was a yellow 🤔🏧📈

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

This feels all very apt again... https://t.co/KhUfXbnEF6

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

"Accurate Predictions About Today, Delivered First Thing Tomorrow" should be the motto of pollsters says O'Rourke

http://t.co/kHOOfxqFYQ

[Lee Fordham @LeeFordhamSYN]

Slack took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to welcome its new competitor, Microsoft https://t.co/tbNwr6rPVY via @qz