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MIT Technology Review
First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · From 2017 · Dating websites have changed the way couples meet. Now evidence is emerging that this change is influencing levels of interracial marriage and even the stability of marriage itself.
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VICE
MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We're on Schedule
VICE
5 min read · 2021-07-14 · A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.
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The Guardian
Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound
The Guardian
20+ min read · From 2018 · When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age writes Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader, Come Home
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British Psychological Society
Most of us don’t have a desire for unlimited wealth
British Psychological Society
3 min read · Jul 26th · Do humans always want more, or are we sometimes just happy with our lot? This debate has long raged in multiple disciplines: economics, politics, and even philosophy. And whether an unlimited desire…
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VICE
What Happens When Modern Society Rebrands an Ancient Philosophy?
VICE
20+ min read · 2021-06-29 · Everyone from Silicon Valley billionaires to self-help enthusiasts is repurposing Stoicism for our modern age, with results that are good, bad, and highly indifferent.
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Works in Progress
The housing theory of everything
Works in Progress
20+ min read · 2021-09-14 · Western housing shortages do not just prevent many from ever affording their own home. They also drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.
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Guardian US
Cultivate curiosity, and really listen: how to persuade people whose politics you don’t agree with
Guardian US
9 min read · 2021-10-01 · The left wants to achieve far-reaching structural change – the sort of political reframing that requires coalition building. Are polarizing words throwing them off course?
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MIT Technology Review
Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · Aug 9th · Companies already have the systems in place that are needed to evaluate their deeper impacts on the social fabric.
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Towards Data Science
How Technology Shapes Society
Towards Data Science
~11 min read · From 2020 · And why computer science needs help from the humanities
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