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It can be daunting to sift through the noise today to find the news that truly matters. That's where “The Navigator” from
comes in. Our weekly news roundup is meticulously curated to expand upon our regular reporting to help you better understand the complexities of current events and successfully chart a course for the future.This week, in addition to the news roundup, we’re also sharing two Substacks that we like:
and . And, in case you missed some #NewRules stories posted earlier this year, here are two we’re recommending for a read this weekend—Signal v. Noise, by Marcia Stepanek, which shares highlights of her interview with American historian about today’s surge of pro-democracy activism, and Is it time to rethink growth?, by Bradley Schurman, a review of Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito’s new book, Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto, Saito’s recommendation for a way out of the global climate crisis.Signal v. Noise
Boston College history professor Heather Cox Richardson offers something hard to find in the maelstrom of today’s mainstream media world. While cable news and social media spit out rapid-fire, hair-on-fire hot takes to track our democracy in crisis, Heather, in her public appearances and popular newsletter,
Is it time to rethink growth?
I have a special affinity for Japan, having traveled there multiple times during the past two decades to examine disruptive demographic change in action, namely the decreasing birth rate, growing older population, and depopulating regions, which pose significant challenges to its economic grow…
Opinion: How robots making your burger and fries can lead to greater income inequality (Los Angeles Times)
Restaurants still need humans to do much of the labor. Working people deserve to have their voices heard in determining how, when or whether AI and automation should be used.
When does old age begin? Science says later than you might think (National Geographic)
Today's 60 year olds don't feel as old as a generation ago. New data suggests old age is more of a social construct than an objective biological reality.
The Last Stock Photographers Await Their Fate Under Generative AI (The Wall Street Journal)
Digital photography ravaged the business of taking and licensing commercial photos. Some fear AI will kill it off entirely.
The Ridiculous Myth of the Impossible Reservation (New York Magazine)
It remains very easy to go somewhere great.
Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It? (The New Yorker)
New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it.
How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones (The Washington Post)
When Raymond Dolphin became assistant principal of a middle school in Connecticut two years ago, it was clear to him that the kids were not all right. The problem was cellphones.
‘On every roof something is possible’: how sponge cities could change the way we handle rain (The Guardian)
Amsterdam is home to 45,000 sq metres of ‘blue-green’ roofs, which absorb rainwater and allow it to be used by building residents to water plants and flush toilets
Recruiters Are Going Analog to Fight the AI Application Overload (WIRED)
Indeed and LinkedIn are incorporating more generative AI to improve the recruiting and job-hunting processes. Some recruiters are still unconvinced.
Urban transformation in the U.S. (Monocle Radio)
The international magazine’s podcast, The Urbanist, takes the temperature of urban development in the United States by checking on a few projects currently under way in Miami, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Queens, New York.
Holocaust survivors take on deniers in new ads (Axios)
In response to a rise of antisemitism on social media tied to U.S. support for Israel and humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a new ad campaign called #CancelHate is launched to target antisemitism and disinformation online.
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