Links of Possible Relevance, Part 31

Design Is [Protopian]
Feels a little too much like the UX discipline overreaching itself. UX designers tend to do that anyway, but this seems…extreme. I rarely find futurists compelling, because most of them simply get their predictions wrong. Some get it right, but only in the particulars, like when Kubrick predicted tablets in 2001. But it’s always by accident—you can find anyone predicting anything, and we won’t know who’s right until after the fact.

Lifting Heavy Weights is Still a Major Waste of Time
Sort of. “Heaviness” is a sliding scale. Most people who don’t exercise (and some who do) severely undertrain themselves and don’t reach their potential. But once you do, stressing over every little thing regarding your diet and training is not going to give you the gains to make it worth the effort. Once you plateau, stay there.

Final Fantasy 15’s AI is secretly a grand philosophy experiment
I don’t know good AI behavior from that of a lobotomized beetle, but this was an interesting article.

My Hero Academia Cosplay Puts Impressive Genderbent Take on Bakugo’s Fantasy Look
Eh, it’s honestly not that impressive. Genderbend cosplays are a dime a dozen, and the sultry pose doesn’t do justice to Bakugo’s personality.

Feminist Accuses English Language Of Being Sexist, Gets Brilliantly Schooled By Linguist
Picking on a Tumblr post is like throwing donuts at the elderly: it’s too easy and mostly harmless. I didn’t know that history between “man” the sex and “man” as a synonym for “humans.”

I create fake videos. Here’s why people believe even the obvious ones
People believe obvious fakes because people defend their side, and nearly all of the time their sides are picked absent of reason. Maintaining stability with surroundings, habit, instinct, and simple preferences drive most moral-seeming decisions that have little impact on their practical, immediate lives.

The Junior Classics – Indiegogo
Interesting that this has gotten so much support. Count me in.