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‘Speed’ Review: The Future Is Gridlocked
The world in some ways has slowed down. More congestion means that cars travel less quickly through cities than they have in recent decades.

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Jul 141 min read
Forget Wall Street. Elite Students Are Spending Their Summers on Startup Dreams.
As AI disrupts traditional career paths, these college students are skipping corporate internships for San Francisco hacker houses and incubators

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Jul 141 min read
More U.S. Workers Are Testing Positive for Marijuana. Fewer Employers Are Concerned.
As cannabis use grows, employers are rethinking pre-hire screens to avoid recruiting challenges

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Jul 141 min read
The AI Superfans Companies Count On to Convert the Skeptics
Companies are increasingly mobilizing internal groups of AI ‘champions’ as a way to sell their more reluctant colleagues on the technology’s benefits

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Jul 131 min read
America Risks Blowing the AI Race. Here Are Seven Ideas to Get Back on Track.
The window for American dominance in AI hasn’t closed, but it’s narrowing fast.

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Jul 111 min read
The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%
Getting an offer from Bending Spoons, which owns AOL, has become harder than getting into Harvard

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Jul 111 min read
A New Phase of the AI-Jobs Panic
Silicon Valley is making a show of helping prepare the country for AI layoffs.

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Jul 111 min read
4 Chairs Life: a pragmatic philosophy for better being (UII w/Claude)
DM Good afternoon. Ultimately, "4 Chairs Life" is a practical and applicable philosophy, worldview, or "meta-paradigm" to advance better life through better thought, ...for humans individually, ... and for humans collectively, ...such as within their organizations and institutions. This is optimally accomplished by offering facilitating/supporting community arrangements (either independently or embedded within organizations and institutions), all of which require, adopt and e

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Jul 109 min read
Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey
Workers are ready for change. Are leaders ready to engage them? Related

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Jul 91 min read
The gender equality paradox that wasn't
Do women seek STEM jobs mostly because they "have" to? A viral study and popular talking point rests on shaky methodology.

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Jul 91 min read
HAS OUR SOCIETY ENTERED THE END OF READING ?
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

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Jul 81 min read
The Cover Letter Is Dead: Long Live the Letter of Recommendation
In this follow-up to his Vantage Point column on AI and the demise of the cover letter, Judd Kessler explains why letters of recommendation carry more weight than ever before.

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Jul 81 min read
THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH OF THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE
A half century ago, a new and radical legal theory emerged. Now it is American law. Related: Trump v. Slaughter isn’t just about expanding executive control—it’s about the government exerting partisan influence over more aspects of Americans’ everyday lives.

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Jul 71 min read
How to stop A.I. assists from ruining how you think
Studies show that using AI can lead people to “cognitive surrender.” But with the right approach, it can also elevate your thinking.

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Jul 71 min read
Does leisure make us happy? Often the answer is no.
Psychologist Laurie Santos said we often pursue low-effort activities while looking for happiness. Here’s what actually works, according to the research.

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Jul 61 min read
The Quest to Make Humanoid Robots Safe Enough for Humans
Companies say electronics, sensors and engineering will allow the robots to work alongside people Related: Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario

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Jul 61 min read
How to Build a Better Retirement-Spending Plan Than the 4% Rule
If you withdraw a certain percentage of your assets based on life expectancy, plus some tweaks, you can avoid some of the drawbacks

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Jul 61 min read
The Founders Are Why America Is Rich. That Legacy Is at Risk.
Checks, balances and trust in personal agency made the U.S. a haven for entrepreneurs and wealth creation

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Jul 61 min read
What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
Do you know how to get an American company to grant you excellent wages and amazing benefits, even for an entry-level job? Move to Norway and take the job there.

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Jul 51 min read
Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

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Jul 51 min read
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