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More political censorship

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

Pakistan is imposing strict and blatant political censorship.

Banning romance in enterprise

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

* More than 75% of companies now forbid [romantic] relationships between an employee and someone in [per] chain-of-command. Should corporations dictate who we can go out with?*

It is important to stop sexual harassment, but surely that does not require the extreme of prudery. We need to recognize that sometimes a romance is not harassment.

Neoliberalism fail

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

Joseph Stiglitz: "After 40 years of neoliberalism, the verdict is in – the fruits of growth went to the few at the top."

There are other approaches to economics, but we rarely come across them. Here is the approach of the latest Nobel prize winners.

How did it happen that neoliberal trickle-down cane to dominate the academic field of economics? I suspect that some rich people donated to economics departments and used their influence to get them filled with that ideology.

Face recognition used for political oppression

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

It seems that Indian thugs used face recognition to identify the participants in a protest against religious discrimination.

Exotic wildlife migration threats

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

If you enjoy seeing exotic wildlife that formerly lived only far to the south, let that remind you of the need to fight to stop this trend.

Remember that the next exotic tropical organism to come your way could infect crops, trees, or human beings.