The Navigator, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Sandwich generation, planting blindly, adult dorms, digital nomads, 'gentle parenting', Navalny's diary— and more
Happy weekend, subscribers!
With less than weeks left until Election Day and a near-dead heat in polls, bombshell reporting from The Atlantic came out on Tuesday, highlighting Donald Trump’s proclivity towards authoritarian dictators. “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” he’s reported to have said in a private conversation in the White House while he was president. This comes on the heels of Trump’s regular speeches calling anyone who opposes him to be the “enemy within.”
But will it move many people in our hyper-polarized electorate? Probably not, but it might influence some voters on the edges, and that may be all that it takes to win.
Our expertise was called upon this week for an article in The Wall Street Journal on the “sandwich generation,” that group of adults caring for their children and parents. Please give it a read.
As always, thank you for including us in your regular reads. In case you missed it, check out our pieces from this week. New Power Playbook explores the recent spate of GenZ firings and how employers might want to take a cue from the computer game Minecraft to kickstart a generational re-design of workplace culture. The Big Female Shift reminds us that while women have transformed the economy in just the past 50 years, they still face high barriers holding them back.
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Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows (CNN)
In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The vast majority of those infants had congenital anomalies, or birth defects.
This farmer 'planted blindly' in a changing climate. A weather app came to his rescue (NPR)
“I kept on guessing and just taking risks,” says farmer Stephen Nzioka of Kenya. A weekly text message has been a game changer as he copes with a changing climate.
Alexi Navalny’s Prison Diaries (The New Yorker)
The late Russian opposition leader’s posthumous account of his last years and his spot-on admonition to his country and the world in a global election year with autocracy on the ballot globally. “We must do what they fear—tell the truth,” Navalny wrote, “spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon.”
This Influencer Says You Can’t Parent Too Gently (Atlantic Radio)
Chelsey Hauge-Savaleta wants parents to avoid punishing their kids and focus on “loving connection” instead. Do her methods work—or do they turn kids into little tyrants?
The Critical Role of Questions in Building Resilient Democracies (Stanford Innovation Review)
Democracies are resilient and adaptive, not static. And importantly, data and artificial intelligence, if implemented responsibly, can contribute to make them more resilient.
What if cities finally legalized adult dorms? (Vox)
Experts think they've cracked the code for how to actually convert empty office buildings into affordable housing.
Shift to electric vehicles will have far-reaching impact, IMF says (Reuters)
The global transition toward electric vehicles will have "far-reaching" impacts on investment, production, international trade and employment, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday as part of its update to global economic growth forecasts.
Stressed about the election? You could become a digital nomad. (The Washington Post)
Whatever the outcome on Nov. 5, moving abroad to work remotely is becoming a real option. But it takes careful financial planning.
Opinion: If demography is destiny, bring on immigration. We’re going to need it. (The Washington Post)
A political economist outlines the upheavals that await a shrinking world.