Let's start the week with Five Things - Issue #317 ✌🏻

The decentralised web, or DWeb, could be a chance to take control of our data back from the big tech firms. So how does it work and when will it be here?

Historian Yuval Noah Harari believes sci-fi has the power to shape public opinion.

As Skype turns 15, a look back at how six Europeans changed the world.

Acknowledging the role of luck is the secular equivalent of religious awakening.

Pedestrian crossings, elevator "close door" buttons and office thermostats often don't do anything -- by design. Here's why that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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