新奇文共賞 (276)姚崢嶸2017/9/6 — 18:05via pexels.com精選奇文To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now (The New York Times) 由清潔工人做到大企業 CTO 。在香港白手興家的人不少,但階級觀念太重,恐怕沒有如此打工上位例子。Why Blue is the World's Favorite Color (Artsy) 不但「有人喜歡藍」,事實上藍是全世界最受歡迎的顏色;最乞人憎的,則是深黃。何解?The Works Of Art That Aren’t As Original As You Thought (Dazed) 不少著名藝術品(包括蒙羅麗莎、吶喊、羅丹的雕塑)原來都有不是獨一無二,因為同一藝術家常常會造多件姐妹作品。 Why more pop songs should end with a fade out (Vox) 很多經典樂曲都是以 fade out 作結,但近年已大幅減用,結果就是令其無法「上神枱」。天下奇文Abandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment (DCist) 香港有一個地方如此被丟空 60 年嗎?Cuba's Black Market Is a Website That Exists Primarily Offline (Motherboard) 網上黑市市場兜售翻牆上網服務這件事其實相當矛盾。Man counterfeits 50,000 yen using only a 100-yen shop, a convenience store, and a Japanese custom (Rocket News 24) 日本玩具錢幣的像真度真的非常高。The Silicon Valley execs who don't eat for days: 'It's not dieting, it's biohacking' (The Guardian) 這班科技界精英認為,斷食除了減肥,還可以令頭腦更加精明。廣告廣告