There’s been a lot of talk lately — including from Bernie Sanders — about shortening the work week in the face of ever-improving productivity driven by AI and other technologies. On paper, this makes sense: if machines do more of the repetitive work, surely humans should get more time back. But as someone working in […]
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“People don’t want their problems solved.” Yesterday, I reached this conclusion about a local community group struggling with overwhelming admin. They raised some issues with me, sounding like they wanted solutions. But, in fact, they didn’t want to hear any. They insisted on throwing more people at menial tasks and continuing as they have for
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There has been lots of criticism towards the mainstream media relating to downplaying the significance of the climate issue and the so called Impartiality policies. They end up disproportionately supporting non-scientific ideas that are astonishingly being put on the same level as science backed facts about the importance of tackling climate change. Thankfully the democratization
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I’ve been thinking about my mortality lately, but not so much focusing on the finitude of my life, but rather on how my leaving this world, one day, will impact my daughter. I had heard about the concept of ethical wills before, but it didn’t register an action in me until recently. An ethical will,
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Pollution, deforestation, and rising temperatures and sea levels are frequently making headlines, and we may feel a growing urgency to speak for the environment with friends and family. However, every time we attempt to approach the topic, we stumble over our words and struggle to find a useful thing to say. Then we just switch
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a part of our everyday lives. It is used in everything from self-driving cars to medical diagnosis. As AI becomes more powerful, it is important to consider how we should interact with it. Some people believe that AI is a threat to humanity. They worry that AI will become
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A Short Story by Yordan Yovkov. Translated by Cathy Kostova While defending him from the dogs, Petar the Shepherd realized that this unknown peasant hadn’t come to him just like that, but rather some misfortune was chasing him. That’s why he got angry at the dogs, drove them away, and looked at the peasant again.
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Once upon a time, in a supermarket not so far away, a shopper picks up a bag of crisps. The shopper casually glances at the price tag and thinks, “Bargain!” But little does the shopper know, there’s an entire story behind that price. A story that involves battles against waste, valiant efforts for recycling, and
A Cheeky Proposal: The Earth Tax, A Nudge to Keep Earth in Business Read More »
There’s a melody in the air and an energy that is palpable. Applause resonates through the crowd as individuals from all walks of life congregate for a cause close to their hearts. Gathering in the City of London on Earth Day is not merely an event. It’s a statement – a declaration that the loss
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With having your first baby, comes one of those rare moments, when you have to re-learn how to manage your life. You’ll have to make room for another human in your life, you’ll have to make lots of time for them, understand how to take care of another being, and learn how to allow them
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