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"The world has never before seen true democracy in action. Countries that claim to be democratic today, and that were supposedly established with democracy as their foundation many years ago, are not…"
"The world has never before seen true democracy in action. Countries that claim to be democratic today, and that were supposedly established with democracy as their foundation many years ago, are not…"
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"In reality, the global human population is not increasing exponentially, but is in fact slowing and predicted to stabilise at around 11 billion by 2100. More importantly, focusing on human numbers obscures the true driver of many of our _...Read More_
"In reality, the global human population is not increasing exponentially, but is in fact slowing and predicted to stabilise at around 11 billion by 2100. More importantly, focusing on human numbers obscures the true driver of many of our _...Read More_
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"Black Masculinity Under Racial Capitalism from Boston Review. A truly radical counterhegemony can only be realized by disassociating both blackness and manhood from capitalist registers of worth."
"Black Masculinity Under Racial Capitalism from Boston Review. A truly radical counterhegemony can only be realized by disassociating both blackness and manhood from capitalist registers of worth."
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Amazon Flex drivers are using automated software, third-party apps and other tools to get jobs. Flex drivers are contract workers who use their own vehicles to deliver packages to customers’ doorsteps. Drivers say competition has _...Read More_
Amazon Flex drivers are using automated software, third-party apps and other tools to get jobs. Flex drivers are contract workers who use their own vehicles to deliver packages to customers’ doorsteps. Drivers say competition has _...Read More_
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What does WeWork’s architectural automation say about the state of architectural design and the way we all work? “if we look at contemporary patterns of employment, jobs within production have been largely automated while entire new _...Read More_
What does WeWork’s architectural automation say about the state of architectural design and the way we all work? “if we look at contemporary patterns of employment, jobs within production have been largely automated while entire new _...Read More_
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How Google Discovered the Value of Surveillance. In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior.
How Google Discovered the Value of Surveillance. In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior.
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”The problem is that we have an educational system that's based on taking our natural penchant for exploration and fashioning it into a willingness to take on mind-numbing routine. This is because our educational system was designed to _...Read More_
”The problem is that we have an educational system that's based on taking our natural penchant for exploration and fashioning it into a willingness to take on mind-numbing routine. This is because our educational system was designed to _...Read More_
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"As the Trump administration rolls back rules meant to curb global warming, new disclosures show that the country’s largest companies are already bracing for its effects. The documents reveal how widely climate change is expected to cascade _...Read More_
"As the Trump administration rolls back rules meant to curb global warming, new disclosures show that the country’s largest companies are already bracing for its effects. The documents reveal how widely climate change is expected to cascade _...Read More_
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“Artnet said “two principals involved in the transaction” had told its reporter that “the work was whisked away in the middle of the night on MBS’s plane and relocated to his yacht, the Serene”.” [#art](/relevant/new/art) [#culture](/relevant/new/culture) [#royalty](/relevant/new/royalty) [#markets](/relevant/new/markets)
“Artnet said “two principals involved in the transaction” had told its reporter that “the work was whisked away in the middle of the night on MBS’s plane and relocated to his yacht, the Serene”.” [#art](/relevant/new/art) [#culture](/relevant/new/culture) [#royalty](/relevant/new/royalty) [#markets](/relevant/new/markets)
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Looking at these results, I find it interesting that a plurality (if not an outright majority) of people view healthcare/education/climate/infrastructure/inequality as key issues that necessitate reform within the next 30 years. At the same _...Read More_
Looking at these results, I find it interesting that a plurality (if not an outright majority) of people view healthcare/education/climate/infrastructure/inequality as key issues that necessitate reform within the next 30 years. At the same _...Read More_
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The characteristic of the shift over the past half-century is that of a structural change that despite provoking a series of crises, has not been effectively addressed. The result has been a widespread increase in inequality, interlinked _...Read More_
The characteristic of the shift over the past half-century is that of a structural change that despite provoking a series of crises, has not been effectively addressed. The result has been a widespread increase in inequality, interlinked _...Read More_
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Revisiting Rob Horning’s Authenticity as Service: “The discourse of authenticity espoused by marketers posits a pretend space untouched by capitalism where social relations are “real” instead of mercenary. Since all interactions under _...Read More_
Revisiting Rob Horning’s Authenticity as Service: “The discourse of authenticity espoused by marketers posits a pretend space untouched by capitalism where social relations are “real” instead of mercenary. Since all interactions under _...Read More_
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"Luxury in the Age of Fragmentation, however is a bit different. The gatekeepers no longer have much of a stronghold, so the definitions are unique and one group’s idea of luxury can vary wildly from another’s. The Maiyet customer’s _...Read More_
"Luxury in the Age of Fragmentation, however is a bit different. The gatekeepers no longer have much of a stronghold, so the definitions are unique and one group’s idea of luxury can vary wildly from another’s. The Maiyet customer’s _...Read More_
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Selling Miami's last 50 years "He said that because the hurricanes came from the tropics, from the south and this was the west side of Miami Beach, they were not that bad in this neighborhood. “Oh, right,” I said, as if that made any _...Read More_
Selling Miami's last 50 years "He said that because the hurricanes came from the tropics, from the south and this was the west side of Miami Beach, they were not that bad in this neighborhood. “Oh, right,” I said, as if that made any _...Read More_
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"Surveillance capitalism was invented by Google more than a decade ago when it discovered that the “data exhaust” clogging its servers could be combined with analytics to produce predictions of user behavior. At that time, the key action of _...Read More_
"Surveillance capitalism was invented by Google more than a decade ago when it discovered that the “data exhaust” clogging its servers could be combined with analytics to produce predictions of user behavior. At that time, the key action of _...Read More_