The Wubi Effect
Radiolab
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The Hammer Changes the Hand
The QWERTY keyboard is influencing our preferences when it comes to naming our offspring. In China, this goes way beyond search engine suggestions. With cloud based input, like everything you write, every keystroke, every word is being influenced by what everyone else is typing. It's both invigorating, exciting, strange, and also eerie and post-futuristic.
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