Month: November 2019
November 11, 2019
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Remembrance Day Poppies: The Political History of a Symbol
“The origins of the Remembrance Day poppy are pretty well known. However, how they made the jump to Canada, is rather unclear.”
November 8, 2019
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Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind
“In three decades of advocating for prison abolition, the activist and scholar has helped transform how people think about criminal justice.”
November 7, 2019
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“We have a fraught relationship with dentists as authority figures. In casual conversation we often dismiss them as “not real doctors,” regarding them more as…”
November 6, 2019
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Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change?
“Pat Brown, Impossible’s founder, argues that we can’t fight climate change unless we get rid of cows.”
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What came first? Wheeled luggage or a man on the moon?
“This man had to carry his luggage when he got home. Brian Weisberg: Marketing Quant Follow Sep 22, 2014 · 5 min read Take a moment and look at this picture of…”
November 3, 2019
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What Happens When Lyme Disease Becomes an Identity?
“Polly Murray, in the 1960s and ’70s, was a mother of four with an old house on several acres in Lyme, Connecticut. In the summer, her kids built forts in the…”
November 2, 2019
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Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking
“Abstract In five preregistered studies, we assess people’s tendency to believe “kids these days” are deficient relative to those of previous generations. Across…”
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Is the world really better than ever?
“By the end of last year, anyone who had been paying even passing attention to the news headlines was highly likely to conclude that everything was terrible.”
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“What exactly is Amazon? This is the question that has consumed me for the last ten years.”
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What does it mean for a machine to “understand”?
“Thomas G. Dietterich Oct 27 · 7 min read Critics of recent advances in artificial intelligence complain that although these advances have produced remarkable…”
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The 1950s Are Greatly Overrated
“Anyone miss the cookie-cutter lifestyle? Photographer: H. Armstrong Roberts/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Photographer: H. Armstrong Roberts/Hulton Archive/Getty…”
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In 1986, Superheroes Needed Watchmen. Now Superhero Movies Need the New Adaptation.
“Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by DC Comics and Mark Hill/HBO. For the past three weeks, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been raging against…”
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‘OK Boomer’ Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations
“Now it’s war: Gen Z has finally snapped over climate change and financial inequality.”