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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities
20+ min · · Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Modern challenges, risks and opportunities of a new technological paradigm of human development—the so-called fourth industrial revolution—are covered in this article.… · Shared by 10, including Neil Hart đź’™
ort.org
What is the role for educators in the fourth industrial revolution?
4 min · · In recent years new technologies and online connectivity have introduced considerable changes to our daily lives, including how we work and study. And it’s likely that new technologies will continue… · Shared by 9, including Neil Hart đź’™
The Guardian
How to stay cool without air con – and help take some heat off the planet
7 min · · Research suggests UK homes are uniquely unprepared to cope with rising global temperatures – but there are greener solutions to uncomfortable heat than air conditioning · Shared by 79, including Neil Hart đź’™
obr.uk
Decarbonising domestic heating: lessons from the switch to natural gas
5 min · · One of the greatest challenges in achieving net zero in terms of both cost and technical difficulty will be to decarbonise the more than 28 million homes in the UK that rely on fossil fuels for… · Shared by 6, including Neil Hart đź’™
Vox
The case for slowing down AI
17+ min · · Pumping the brakes on artificial intelligence could be the best thing we ever do for humanity. · Shared by 268, including Justin Jackson, luis antĂłnio santos, Neil Hart đź’™, Future of Life Institute, Stephanie A Kowalski, Stanford HAI, Rutger Bregman, Pablo Felip, Bob E. Hayes, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Carla Gentry 🎶, Carissa VĂ©liz
phirephoenix.com
labour of love
6 min · · The concept of “work” is a Rorschach test, an inkblot that you can project pretty much anything onto. There are definitions that speak of a meaningless Sisyphean grind inside an oppressive and cruel… · Shared by 349, including Neil Hart đź’™, Ethan Marcotte, Ines Bieler
Brain Pickings
Nick Cave on Creativity as an Instrument of Self-Forgiveness and the Necessity of Hope in a Fragile World
5 min · · In praise of “the necessary and urgent need to love life and one another, despite the casual cruelty of the world.” · Shared by 200, including Neil Hart đź’™, Stephanie A Kowalski, Gabriele, Charles Duhigg
TED Talks
Why you should talk to strangers
· In this delightful talk, Kio Stark explores the overlooked benefits of pushing past our default discomfort when it comes to strangers and embracing those fleeting but profoundly beautiful moments of… · Shared by 49, including Neil Hart đź’™
Collab Fund
Expectations and Reality
4 min · · In 2004 the New York Times interviewed Stephen Hawking, the late scientist whose motor-neuron disease left him paralyzed and unable to talk since age 21. Apparently in a good mood, the Times asked… · Shared by 2637, including MrChad đź”®, Mario Clemente, Aman Arora, Neil Hart đź’™, Morgan Housel, Arturo Rebolledo
The Spectator
The lockdown files: Rishi Sunak on what we weren’t told
10 min · · When Britain was being locked down, the country was assured that all risks had been properly and robustly considered. Yes, schools would close and education would suffer. Normal healthcare would take… · Shared by 22, including Neil Hart đź’™
blog.learnlife.com
What is Your Ikigai?
4 min · · Ikigai is really your reason for being, the thing that gives you direction and motivation, and it is at the heart of what we do at Learnlife. · Shared by 4222, including Ines Bieler, Simon C, Neil Hart đź’™
Visual Capitalist
Where Will the World’s Next 1,000 Babies Be Born?
17+ min · · View a higher resolution version of this map. · Shared by 215, including George J Huba PhD, Colin Wright, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Gisele Navarro, Howard Getson, Neil Hart đź’™
TED Talks
Why talking to strangers is good for you, them and all of us
4 min · · Contrary to what your parents told you, we all need to get good at interacting with strangers, says author Julie Lythcott-Haims. Here’s why, and how to do it. · Shared by 520, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Matthew Turland, Neil Hart đź’™
The Independent
Voices: Our history is being filtered by fake 90s nostalgia
3 min · · Our history is being filtered by fake 90s nostalgia - I revel in the relics of my childhood, the fashion and the outrageous hairstyles, but I know deep down that there is something not quite right. · Shared by 7, including Neil Hart đź’™
Farnam Street
Illusion of Transparency: Your Poker Face is Better Than You Think
7 min · · We tend to think that people can easily tell what we’re thinking and feeling. They can’t. Understanding the illusion of transparency bias can improve relationships, job performance, and more. · Shared by 3300, including Doug Sundheim, fnord, Ines Bieler, David Travis, Scott Monty, Essaadi, davidabrock, Neil Hart đź’™
thirdsector.co.uk
Does the voluntary sector have a class problem?
12+ min · · Stuart Pearson, head of business delivery at Citizens Advice Oldham, Rochdale, Trafford and Stockport, attended a sector event in London earlier this year. During a networking break, he got chatting… · Shared by 7, including Neil Hart đź’™