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Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation
Storytelling computers will change the course of human history, says the historian and philosopher
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The End of the Billionaire Mindset: A Celebration with Douglas Rushkoff
In an entertaining session of stand-up philosophy with Q&A, Rushkoff shares the stories of his encounters with the scientists, technologists, and billionaires hoping to leave humanity behind, while giving us the distance we need to laugh at their hubris and choose a different path.
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Why reading books is good for society, wellbeing and your career
Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.
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Gay teacher fabulously shuts down homophobic mom who pulled her kids from his class.
A drama teacher had the best response to the mom who stopped her kids from taking classes with him after discovering he was gay.
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One million human deaths linked to factory farming, set to double by 2050
The excessive use of antibiotics in factory farming is causing the premature deaths of nearly one million people and $400 billion in global economic losses each year, according to a report titled Global Public Health Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance Related to Antibiotic Use on Factory Farms published today by World Animal Protection.
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An Inglewood charter school looks to literacy to build success among its Black students
Wilder’s Preparatory Academy in Inglewood boasts test score results that reflect performance far above that of the state average for all schools regardless of racial composition.
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Want to Turn the Pitiless March of Gentrification Into a Parable of Progress?
An article in the March 3 edition of The New York Times caught my eye as an illustration of what Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields describe as “racecraft”—the alchemy that vests the fiction of race with an apparent natural existence—and how it can obscure the class character of a political program through racial mystification.
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What Is Writing Therapy? Tips, Benefits, and Prompts to Start
Gen Z and Millennials are turning to writing therapy as an effective and cost-friendly alternative to talk therapy. Here's what to know.
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Is There a Minimum Salary for Happiness?
Shoot for something between poverty and excess.
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So… How “Doomed” Are We?
Five Levels of Ruin — And Where Our Civilization Ranks
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Lewisville Teen Does #SomethingGood for Childhood Literacy
The Lewisville junior donated more than a thousand books to share his love of reading.
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Shame makes people living in poverty more supportive of authoritarianism, study finds
A series of three studies in Germany found that people living in poverty frequently experience exclusion from different aspects of society and devaluation leading to the feeling of shame. Such shame, in turn, increases their support for authoritarianism due to the promise that that they will be included in the society again authoritarian leaders typically make. The study was published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
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Amazon's Trickle-Down Monopoly
In this report, Moira Weigel tells the story of a group of hidden intermediaries who have played key roles in making Amazon one of the most powerful corporations in the world, while remaining mostly invisible to customers: third-party (3P) sellers.
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The Medicalization of Childhood Behaviors Does More Harm than Good
Through medicalization, the world is blaming children for their inattention and sadness when really, the world is to blame.
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Why Society Goes Easy on Rapists
I started compiling a list of sexual assailants who got no prison time almost by accident. Twitter makes it easy: You stumble across a case where a man in Anchorage, Alaska, spent no time behind bars for strangling to unconsciousness a woman he masturbated on. You tweet it. Then you read about the Texas doctor who went free after assaulting a patient while she was sedated.
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Allison Williams Weighs in on Hollywood Nepotism: 'It Doesn't Feel Like a Loss to Admit It'
Allison Williams is aware of the privilege that being the child of a well-known individual carries — and she's not above acknowledging it. In a new interview with Wired, the M3GAN actress addressed the idea of nepotism in Hollywood, saying that "it doesn't feel like a loss to admit it." "If you trust your own skill, I think it becomes very simple to acknowledge," she added.
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MacKenzie Scott reveals details of her $14bn in donations to 1,600 non-profits
The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s donations have yielded more than $14bn for about 1,600 non-profits since 2019, according to her new website Yield Giving, which was unveiled on Wednesday night. Scott’s wealth largely comes from her divorce from the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. She has signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away more than half. Forbes currently estimates her net worth at $27bn.
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Commentary: Why the LDS and Catholic churches parted ways on the Respect for Marriage Act
Religion News Service columnist Mark Silk on the differing stances taken by the Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the Respect for Marriage Act.
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Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism.
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Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline while authoritarian regimes are deepening their repression.
Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline, undermined by problems ranging from restrictions on freedom of expression to distrust in the legitimacy of elections, according to a new report by the intergovernmental organization’, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). This decline comes as elected leaders face unprecedented challenges from Russia’s war in Ukraine, cost of living crises, a looming global recession and climate change.
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