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How Memes Can Spread Dangerous Ideas
Internet memes are an excellent way to send powerful messages to millions of people. But what…
The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in The New York Times: We now know who is rich in America. And…
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft will kill passwords and phishing in one stroke
Dan Goodin at Ars Technica: For more than a decade, we’ve been promised that a world…
Why Europeans Colonized America Before Africa
By Tomas Pueyo in Unchartered Territories: Europe is geographically much closer to Africa than America. Northern…
Our Global Food System Was Already in Crisis. Ukraine War Will Make It Worse
The Global South will suffer the most as colonial legacies, climate change, and capitalism continue to…
Why the Wheels of Human History Seemed to Turn Faster For Some
James Kwak in The Washington Post: Homo sapiens have big brains. We use those brains to develop…
TWO VIDEOS On Communicating
The quality of communication can erode with too many layers: Try having as few layers as…
The Collateral Damage of Queen Elizabeth’s Glorious Reign
In Tina Brown’s “The Palace Papers,” other royals stand and wait, but what purpose do they…