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Refuge in Grief
It’s OK to not be OK. If your life has exploded into a million little bits, you don’t need platitudes. You don’t need cheerleading. You don’t need to be told this all happened for a reason. Some things cannot be … Continue reading
The Failures of Capitalism
OpenCulture.com: Economics 101 by Ray Dalio Dalio himself isn’t setting out to build a worker’s paradise or to make financiers like himself obsolete, but he does have some trenchant thoughts on capitalism’s failures—and they are many, in his estimation. I … Continue reading
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The campaign to put science and tech leaders in public office starts now | Ars Technica
Yes, more of this please. The two attributes I want in a politician are logic and ethics. Source: The campaign to put science and tech leaders in public office starts now | Ars Technica
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The Need for Competition
THIS!!!! Holy shit how can the Republicans who are supposedly so pro-market allow the market to be dominated by so few players?!? Because they’re not really pro-market? They’re just pro-rich assholes giving them money. Jason Furman, the chair of the … Continue reading
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Climbing the Horseshoe
Yep, this. Climbing the Horseshoe Assholes on the left and right ruining it for all the sensible people.
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Making Business Ethics a Cumulative Science
Such is the goal of Jonathan Haidt and Linda Trevino in a recent Nature article. “Imagine a world,” they write, in which medical researchers did experiments on rats, but never on people… Source: Making Business Ethics a Cumulative Science
Natural “Narrative Selection” Was the Key to Success for our Species | Big Think
Natural “narrative selection” was key to turning insignificant apes (who had tools for 2 million years) into the species that now dominates the bio-sphere. Source: Natural “Narrative Selection” Was the Key to Success for our Species | Big Think 2019-04-13 … Continue reading
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why We Have Dysfunctional Politicians | Big Think
Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals if he’d run for President and what he would do if elected. Source: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why We Have Dysfunctional Politicians | Big Think Every nation gets the government it deserves. … Continue reading
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Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World
This makes me happy. It’s a college course on bullshit detection. Now if we can just make it mandatory for every grade from K through 12 the citizens might stand a chance against the politicians and the corporations that own them. … Continue reading
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Study Shows That Teaching Young Kids Philosophy Improves Their Academic Performance, Making Them Better at Reading & Math | Open Culture
Should we teach philosophy to children? You’d have a hard time, I imagine, convincing many readers of this site that we shouldn’t. But why? Source: Study Shows That Teaching Young Kids Philosophy Improves Their Academic Performance, Making Them Better at … Continue reading
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