It can be daunting to sift through the noise today to find the news that truly matters. That's where The Navigator from #NewRules comes in. Our weekly news roundup is meticulously curated to expand upon our weekly reporting to help you better understand the complexities of current events and successfully chart the future.
Should there be an age limit for presidents? (CNN)
The issue is of central importance to voters who are choosing between the two oldest candidates in US history to run for reelection as president: 81-year-old Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump. #NewRules co-founder Bradley Schurman debates Gary Schmitt from the American Enterprise Institute.
America’s Plumber Deficit Isn’t Good for the Economy (Bloomberg)
Young people are shunning an occupation that’s physically demanding and sometimes dirty, though well-paid. The consequences could be far-reaching.
Sustainable Design Will Become "Non-Negotiable" In 2024 (STOREYS)
Sustainable design is one of eight design trends global architecture and design firm Gensler believes will solidify in 2024.
‘Unconscionable’: Baby boomers in America are becoming homeless at a rate ‘not seen since the Great Depression’ — here’s what’s driving this terrible trend (Yahoo!Finance)
Experts are calling it the ‘silver tsunami’
Making sense of the gulf between young men and women: It’s complicated. But better schooling for boys might help. (The Economist, March 14, 2024)
Men and women have different experiences, so you might expect them to have different worldviews. Nonetheless, the growing gulf between young men and women in developed countries is striking. Polling data from 20 such countries shows that, whereas two decades ago there was little difference between the share of men and women aged 18-29 who described themselves as liberal rather than conservative, the gap has grown to 25 percentage points. Young men also seem more anti-feminist than older men, bucking the trend for each generation to be more liberal than its predecessor.
Climate catastrophes threaten an unprepared Europe, new risk study finds (Fast Company, March 12, 2024)
Of the 36 major climate risks for the continent, the report found that more than half require immediate action.
Alibaba’s new AI system ‘EMO’ creates realistic talking and singing videos from still photos (VentureBeat.com)
Researchers at China’s Alibaba’s Institute for Intelligent Computing have developed a new AI system called “EMO”—short for Emote Portrait Alive, which can animate a single portrait photo and generate videos of the person talking or singing.
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS/Frontline)
The 2024 Oscar winner for best documentary is 20 Days in Mariupol, now being shared for free across the Internet. Created by a team of Associated Press journalists in Ukraine—the only international reporters who remained in the besieged city of Mariupol as Russian forces closed in two years ago—this documentary captures what has become some of the most defining images in the war.