Week #2 in links: Strategy tools, misperceptions, improvised invention, surveillance, space, dreams and antarctica.

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Today’s key fact: you are probably wrong about almost everything
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/29/todays-key-fact-you-are-probably-wrong-about-almost-everything
This is a bit older, but relevant in the face of #Pegida and #CharlieHebdo: perception of the public and actual numbers are two different things. In fact, people grossly overestimate muslim population, unemployment rates, immigrants. This is important to take note and respond to in public discourse and policymaking.

Wehrhaft gegen Twitter, wehrlos gegen Kugeln
http://blogs.faz.net/deus/2015/01/09/wehrhaft-gegen-twitter-wehrlos-gegen-kugeln-2323/
Surveillance works against Twitter, not bullets. German commentary in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung which sums up coherently that all indiscriminate surveillance failed to catch the culprits of last week’s attacks and – even worse – despite they were known extremists. Surveillance will not make us safe – all evidence points to the contrary.

Documentary: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/28/7301455/the-kingdom-of-dreams-and-madness-review
After watching Myazaki’s final movie „The Wind Rises“ over the holidays I look forward to this: a glimpse behind the doors of Studio Ghibli. Interestingly, it shows more of disciplined hard work than creative mischief. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0QdgnYfwk

Welcome to Union Glacier
https://vimeo.com/107231188
Neat, little documentary in Wes-Anderson-style about the temporary Union Glacier Base in Antarctica.

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