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The Educational Impact of Minecraft and Learning How to Work Better From Fischli and Weiss

Core77’s editors spend time combing through the news so you don’t have to. Here’s a weekly roundup of our favorite stories from the World Wide Web.

How ‘Empowerment’ Became Something for Women to Buy

“…I have never said "empowerment” sincerely or heard it from a single one of my friends. The formulation has been diluted to something representational and bloodless — an architectural rendering of a building that will never be built.“ —Great read on the marketability of women’s empowerment.

–Carly Ayres, columnist, In the Details

How to Work Better at the Guggenheim

Fischli and Weiss’ work is highly relevant to industrial designers, conceptually and physically, so catching this show one way or another is a must — it closes on the 27th in New York but you can get a curated audio/visual tour on your mobile device by downloading the app for either iPhone, Android or iPad.

—Eric Ludlum, editorial director

App Friendly Skies

If you’re a window seat lover like me (i.e. you will happily forego the freedom of the aisle for the cramped thrill of watching the scenery unfold below), then you’ll be excited to read more about the Flyover Country app. The app uses geological and paleontological databases to identify points of interest as you fly above and then uses cached Wikipedia articles to explain the features in depth. The best part? It uses GPS data even when your phone is in Airplane mode, no expensive in-flight wifi needed. 

—Rebecca Veit, columnist, Designing Women

Why Women Book Their Business Trips Earlier Than Men

Today I’m reading this Economist article that looks at differences in how men and women execute business travel—as well as differences in how they experience it.

—Rain Noe, senior editor

The Minecraft Generation 

A long but fascinating read about how a "clunky Swedish computer game” became (surprisingly) “an almost perfect game for our current educational moment." 

—Alexandra Alexa, editorial assistant