#priceonomics

[newsgur]

Selfie, la reconfiguración de la fotografía de retrato

De acuerdo con datos proporcionados por la web estadística Priceonomics, de 2014 a 2016, al menos 49 personas murieron por causa de un selfie excesivamente arriesgado. Es por ello que expertos aseguran que la fotografía ha dejado de ser generosidad, apertura al otro, para comenzar a volverse sobre todo autorretrato, egoísmo y autoafirmación. La elección de selfie como la “palabra del año” en 2013 por el diccionario Oxford demostró que este estilo iba camino de convertirse en término indispensable para la tecnología. En el debate sobre su influencia en la cultura visual actual incluye un amplio espectro de opiniones. Por ejemplo, Jerry Saltz señala que el selfie, si bien está rodeada de signos informales, no es accidental, puesto que implica un proceso de aprobación y juicio previo por parte de quien lo pone a circular.

http://es.newsgur.com/2017/09/selfie-la-reconfiguracion-de-la.html

[principleofplenitude]

Every year, traffic engineers review the speed limit on thousands of stretches of road and highway. Most are reviewed by a member of the state’s Department of Transportation, often along with a member of the state police, as is the case in Michigan. In each case, the “survey team” has a clear approach: they want to set the speed limit so that 15% of drivers exceed it and 85% of drivers drive at or below the speed limit. Traffic engineers believe that the 85th percentile speed is the ideal speed limit because it leads to the least variability between driving speeds and therefore safer roads. When the speed limit is correctly set at the 85th percentile speed, the minority of drivers that do conscientiously follow speed limits are no longer driving much slower than the speed of traffic. The choice of the 85th percentile speed is a data-driven conclusion -- as noted Lt. Megge and speed limit resources like the Michigan State Police’s guide -- that has been established by the consistent findings of years of traffic studies. Yet most speed limits are set below the 85th percentile speed. We first investigated this topic at the urging of the National Motorists Association, a “member-supported driver advocacy organization” that has made raising speed limits to the 85th percentile one focus of its efforts.

“Is Every Speed Limit Too Low?” from Priceonomics

[ssucom]

Truth in Numbers: Ranking the Most Beloved TV Shows That Got Canceled

https://priceonomics.com/ranking-the-most-beloved-tv-shows-that-got/

[ssucom]

Truth in Numbers: Ranking the Most Beloved TV Shows That Got Canceled

https://priceonomics.com/ranking-the-most-beloved-tv-shows-that-got/

[principleofplenitude]

Bowling most likely originated in Germany around 300 A.D. as a religious ritual in which participants would roll stones at clubs to absolve their sins. The annals of history reveal little about where or how bowling gained traction, but according to written record, the sport was so popular in England by 1336, that King Edward III had to ban it to keep his troops focused on archery practice.

“The Rise and Fall of Professional Bowling” from Priceonomics

[principleofplenitude]

In 1896, for example, the parents of a two-year-old killed due to the negligence of the Southern Railroad Company of Georgia asked a judge for compensation. They argued that their child performed errands worth two dollars per month, but they received nothing beyond the cost of a burial. The judge concluded “that the child was ‘of such tender years as to be unable to have any earning capacity, and hence the defendant could not be held liable in damages.’” Today, however, parents do not need to prove the economic value of a lost child to receive compensation. Instead they refer to their emotional pain. On this basis, a judge in a 1979 case awarded the parents of a three-year-old who died from fluoride poisoning at the dentist $750,000.

“How Children Went From Worthless to Priceless” from Priceonomics

[404-notsound]

Throwback Thursday: early advertisement for the wah-wah pedal.

(via The Invention of the Wah-Wah Pedal)