The MediaVillage Articles Club: Late Summer Suggestions

At the risk of seeming too stringent we are considering a second rule for Articles Club A fiveminute max discussion per article This has yet to be implemented but our weeknight meetings are creeping closer to a fourhour runtime not a bad thing if it werenamp8217t for commutes and early morning wake up callsamp160 Stay tunedamp160 Below are our article recommendations and some highlights from Augustamp8217s meeting Missed our selections from last month Find them hereMy pick You Must Remember This Charles Mansonamp8217s Hollywood Part 1 What We Talk About When We Talk About the Manson MurdersWith Karina Longworth Infinite Guest NetworkI selected an episode of a podcast series that was my favorite beach listen of the summer Longworthamp8217s series examines interesting and forgotten stories from the first 100 years of Hollywood Thirteen recent episodes explore the life of Charles Manson and the lives of the Manson family members This podcast offers an excellent contextualization around the Manson murders scrutinizing the influence of Hollywood and film on 1960amp8217s counterculture and vice versa I wanted to discuss with other film buffs how this paradigm relates to both past and presentamp160Chelseaamp8217s pick Facebook and Tyranny of the amp8220Likeamp8221 in a Difficult WorldBy Zeynep Tufekci Mediumcomamp8220There are so many different kinds of posts in our Facebook feeds that our feelings toward many of them can39t simply be summed up with a quotLikequot But Facebook39s everchanging algorithm has been set up to surface the mostliked posts to our feeds assuming that the things we like are the things we want to see more often The author argues that a Like might not be an appropriate response for some of the posts that most deserve our attention like videos of protests or news articles about refugees As a result many of these meaningful pieces of content get drowned out With this in mind I was excited to discuss if anyone else felt like they could be missing out on important Facebook posts and if they had ideas for a better way to ensure those types of posts rise above the clutter of our feedsamp8221Faithamp8217s pick Inside Amazon Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising WorkplaceBy Jodi Kantor and David Streitfield The New York Timesamp8220The New York Timesamp8217 exposamp233 of Amazonamp8217s callous management practices and cutthroat company culture featured stories about employees crying at their desks and going without sleep for days One employee said amp8216The joke in the office was that when it came to worklife balance work came first life came second and trying to find the balance came lastamp8217amp160Having a worklife balance has always been important for me My weekday morning and evening routine help me stay healthy and mostly stressfree I was interested to see if my fellow Articles Club members valued their worklife balance in the same way I wanted to discuss what is worth sacrificing vacations exercise sleep etc to be able to work at a groundbreaking company like Amazonamp8221Lyndsayamp8217s pick A Lot of People are Forgetting One Important Thing About the Ashley Madison HackBy Nick Mokey Business Insideramp8220Since the leaked information has come to light I39ve been struggling with the vilification of all the offenders While I agree that these people are far from perfect I felt that this article encapsulated my feeling of unease regarding our willingnessamp160as a society to undermine privacy if it serves the latest justice crusade With the recent stories regarding Ashley Madison users committing suicide I felt that it was important to look at this from another viewpoint rather than just black and white good and bad peopleamp8221Other articles of interest mentioned at our meetingThe Bail Trap by Nick Pinto The New York Times Why Was This Serial Rapist Running Free By Amy Lane Damemagazinecomamp8220We Were 100 In the Wrongamp8221 Napa Wine Train Executive Says Business Wire Bertrand Russell on the Vital Role of Boredom and Fruitful Monotony in the Conquest of Happiness by Maria Popova BrainpickingsorgWant The MediaVillage Articles Club in real time Connect with the group on socialChelsea Orcutt is on Twitter ChelseaOrcuttFaith Zaki is on Twitter and Instagram faithzakiLyndsay Katz is on Instagram lk8391The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillageMyersBizNet management or associated bloggers

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