Unbothered: HodgePodge for Aug. 7

Robot

Robots aren’t coming for your job, and Vox says that’s a bad thing

Or not

Big companies are abandoning performance reviews in favor of ongoing manager feedback. Are the two mutually exclusive?

Bubble science

As a big La Croix-drinking office, we found this fascinating: why are we drawn to fizzy drinks?

Demos

Half the world’s online population uses Facebook at least once a month

On fleek

Social media is helping us figure out how new words new-wordify

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