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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 to the future.In addition to this week's news roundup, we’re sharing two Substacks we like: Wonder Tools and Seeing Things . And, in case you missed some #NewRules stories posted earlier this year, here are two we’re recommending for a read this weekend—Feeling is Believing by Marcia Stepanek, which highlights the importance of happiness in democracy, and Climate change-driven-change by Bradley Schurman, which identifies some of the real costs of climate change already being incurred by those living in high-risk areas.
Feeling is Believing
Happiness has long been an object of desire in the United States. The right to the “pursuit of happiness,” as we’re all taught early on, appears in the Declaration of Independence as a truth we hold self-evident. Exploring happiness —and finding it—is a sign of success and a mainstay of Ameri…
Climate change-driven change
Remember the surge of people moving to new areas of the country during and just after the pandemic? A lot of people were drawn by the lure to improve their quality of life, live in a cheaper area, and get a bigger home. They moved to the southern and western regions of the United States — a …
What You Need to Know About Making a Good Impression (The Atlantic)
We evolved to form snap judgments about who’s friend and who’s foe, but we need to be more evolved now.
Will AI Be a Job Killer? Call Us Skeptical (Wall Street Journal)
We understand all the warnings. But just because something is possible in theory doesn’t mean it will actually happen.
North America’s biggest city is running out of water (Vox)
Mexico City is staring down a water crisis. It won’t be the last city to do so
Identity Theft Is a “Kafkaesque” Nightmare. AI Makes It Way Worse. (Vanity Fair)
From hyperrealistic deepfakes to voice cloning, fraudsters are upping the threat level, potentially heralding, as one expert warns, the era of “identity hijacking.”
How to Rethink Your Career as an Empty Nester (Harvard Business Review)
Some strategies to help you re-shape your life and find meaning — both personally and professionally — during this time.
How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth (The Daily)
Is the world’s climate close to a tipping point?
Why We’re Turning Psychiatric Labels Into Identities (The New Yorker)
So you’re on the spectrum, or you’ve got borderline personality disorder, or you’re a sociopath: once you’re sure that’s who you are, you’ve got a personal stake in a very creaky diagnostic system.
Exclusive: Where the living-wage jobs are (and aren't) (Axios)
The full spectrum of inequality within the U.S. is on display in an updated dataset released Friday by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP).
Where the human brain (still) has an edge over AI (Fast Company)
How curiosity, emotional intelligence, and the capacity to learn from mistakes could present an enduring advantage over AI.
Exclusive poll: Most college students shrug at nationwide protests (Axios)
College protests against Israel's war in Gaza are dominating headlines. But only a sliver of students are participating or view it as a top issue, according to a new Generation Lab survey shared exclusively with Axios.