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How Does China’s Social Credit System Work?
Everyone thinks of China’s social credit system as some sort of Black Mirror episode, while others compare it the the FICO score in the USA. It’s much, much more than that. In fact, I found the documents that highlight how … Continue reading
How Big Tech Betrayed Us | Rana Foroohar
How did the internet giants come to dominate our world? Big Tech firms are now some of the richest and most powerful entities on the planet – and we’re starting to see the effects of this extreme concentration of power, … Continue reading
Sleepers’ Beat
‘It pulls you in’: the staff seduced by the rhythms of the Trans-Siberian railway. Directed by Anastasia Kirillova More on this film: psyche.co/films/it-pulls-you-in-the-staff-seduced-by-the-rhythms-of-the-trans-siberian-railway Watch more on Psyche: psyche.co/films
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Carbon Dioxide Reduction. A BIG loophole for business
Carbon Audits and carbon taxes are coming. And big business knows it. Some are responding by investing heavily in genuine reductions to their carbon footprint. Others are banking on throwing money at carbon offset schemes like large scale reforestation to … Continue reading
I Asked Bill Gates What’s The Next Crisis?
I got the chance to interview Bill Gates so I asked him: Will Covid-19 be the last pandemic? How does he deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories? And what is the next disaster? The Foundation Letter is here: https://ve42.co/BG21
Studio Ghibli Theme Park Will Have a Real-Life Howl’s Moving Castle | My Modern Met
By Emma Taggart on February 4, 2021 This is going to be the most epic theme park ever! If you’re a fan of Studio Ghibli, you’re likely eagerly anticipating the long-awaited Ghibli Park. The project was initially intended to open … Continue reading
Why It Actually Took 50 Years to Make COVID mRNA Vaccines
The FDA recently approved two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, but it was a challenge to make this type of vaccine work. And it took decades of research to get us to the point where scientists could make those vaccines as … Continue reading
Square Kilometre Array: ‘Lift-off’ for world’s biggest telescope | BBC News
Jonathan Amos Science correspondent One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century is ‘Go!’. The first council meeting of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory has actioned plans that will lead to the biggest telescope on Earth being assembled … Continue reading
HOW TO LAND ON THE MOON – Smarter Every Day 250
A very special thank you to Wayne Ottinger http://www.aletro.org/ Check out the AMAZING website by Ben Feist that synchronizes all Apollo data: https://www.apolloinrealtime.org/ I had to find a lot of archival footage to make this video. Thanks to Devin for … Continue reading
Artist Merges Famous Faces To Create Confusing Celebrity Mashups
Can you tell which celebrity combinations you’re looking at? Zendaya and Beyonce At first glance, these photos look like standard celebrity portraits, however, they might make you do a double-take. French digital artist Benji (aka @morphy_me) takes two famous … Continue reading
