Inside the ‘Covid Triangle’: a catastrophe years in the making | Free to read | Financial Times
ft.com/content/0e63541a-8b6d-4bec-8b59-b391bf44a492Three east London boroughs were already at breaking point. Then the pandemic struck
Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.
guest post: artificial intelligence discovers gayface. sigh. – scatterplot
scatter.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/guest-post-artificial-intelligence-discovers-gayface-sigh/The following is a guest post by Greggor Mattson. AI Can’t Tell if You’re Gay… But it Can Tell if You’re a Walking Stereotype. [First published September 9th. This post has been updated with subsequent information, denoted by square brackets, cited on this resource of responses to the story by tweeters, bloggers, media, and Kosinski himself].…
Own, Apologize, Repair: Coming Back to Integrity
norasamaran.com/2016/08/28/variations-on-not-all-men/There is a variation on ‘Not All Men.’ It is called ‘I Feel Bad When You Say That.’ My godson Kyle is six. He is fairly emotionally perceptive for his age, as his grownups have been working with him to create an emotionally responsible and self-aware boy who we hope will grow into an emotionally…
One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment - Mei Fong - Google Books
books.google.co.uk/booksAn intimate investigation of the world's largest experiment in social engineering, revealing how its effects will shape China for decades to come, and what that means for the rest of the world
What if jobs are not the solution but the problem? | Aeon Essays
aeon.co/essays/what-if-jobs-are-not-the-solution-but-the-problemEconomists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil | PenguinRandomHouse.com
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363/weapons-of-math-destruction-by-cathy-oneil/9780553418811/Longlisted for the National Book Award New York Times Bestseller A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern...
Des accidents de la route pas si accidentels, par Matthieu Grossetête (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2016)
monde-diplomatique.fr/2016/08/GROSSETETE/56078
À chaque période de vacances, tandis que le risque d'accidents de la route s'accroît, le thème de la sécurité au volant revient dans l'actualité. Le gouvernement multiplie alors les consignes de bon sens. En se focalisant sur le comportement individuel des conducteurs, ces préconisations négligent les causes profondes de la mortalité routière.
#FOMO at ICA «DIS Magazine
dismagazine.com/blog/76736/fomo-at-ica/Report of “Fear Of Missing Out” event at London's Institute of Contemporary Art