VIDEO: You Won’t Believe What Obama Says in this one minute Video
Nearly 7 million people have seen this. Do you believe what Obama says? (Nov. 6th, 2019)
CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is a Rich Jerk
"Imagine if we turned to LeBron James, a truly great basketball player, to get advice on how best to deal with global warming. LeBron is a smart guy, but no one would expect him to have special insights into dealing with global warming, in spite of his incredible skills on the basketball court. In the same vein, why would anyone think that Zuckerberg would know or care about how Facebook should be run in a way that protects democracy?" writes Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C. (Nov. 6th, 2019)
Change your phone settings so Apple, Google can’t track your movements
"Websites and apps make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, for most people to say no to aggressive surveillance and data collection practices. In my role as a scholar of human-computer interaction," writes Jen King, Stanford University (Nov 6th, 2019)
Your Genome may have already been Hacked
"...when you send off a cheek swab to one of the private genome companies, you may sacrifice not just your own privacy but that of your family and your ancestors," writes Norman A. Paradis, Dartmouth College (Nov. 6th, 2019)
KAMADIA – Why Canada is becoming more like TrumpLand
"The masterful economist and shrewd British Statesman, John Maynard Keynes, once remarked: 'Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.' One didn’t need to look further than many of the day’s political capitals to witness politicians in the very shackles that Keynes alluded to," writes Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief of iDose (Oct. 30th, 2019)
I’m an ER Doctor in Ontario and a University Professor: Seeing a family doctor just got even harder (in Ontario)
"Allowing doctors not to accept..." writes Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto and Emergency Physician at University Health Network (Oct. 30th, 2019)
How to Stop Feeling Bad
"What do you think is the most frequent complaint when people seek therapy? In my experience, it is a variant of 'I feel bad, and I want to feel better'," writes Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada (Oct 30th, 2019)
Women in Tech and Business Suffer because of the American Myth of Meritocracy
"Entrepreneurship is an area where the myths and realities of the American meritocracy come to a head. In the U.S., women own 39 percent of all privately owned businesses but receive only around 4 percent of venture capital funding. Put another way, male-led ventures receive 96 percent of all funding," writes Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Brown University (Oct. 30th, 2019)
Politics and the Anthropocene: Interview with University of Cambridge scholar Duncan Kelly (long read)
"In his new book Politics and the Anthropocene (Polity), Duncan Kelly, Professor of Political Thought and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge, considers how this new geological era could shape our future by engaging with the recent past of political thought and the potential for democratic politics to negotiate this challenge. In this interview he speaks to Robert McLachlan, Distinguished Professor in the School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University." (Oct. 30th, 2019)