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New Hippocratic Oath Calls on Physicians to Respect ‘Autonomy and Dignity’ of Trans Patients 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2017
The World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly recently approved revisions to the Declaration of Geneva, the modern physician’s pledge that succeeded the Hippocratic Oath. The revisions, the most expansive makeover of the declaration in its 70-year history, followed two years of information gathering, interviews with medical experts, and internal deliberations. Among the changes the WMA
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How to Fight Bullshit at Work (and Keep Your Dignity and Job)0
- Philosophy
- December 5, 2017
After getting lost in the conference hotel, I finally located the ‘creativity workshop’. Joining the others, I sat cross-legged on the floor. Soon, an ageing hippie was on his feet. ‘Just walk around the room and introduce yourself,’ he said. ‘But don’t use words.’ After a few minutes of people acting like demented mimes, the
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Harvard Student Whose Father Escaped Communism Has a Message for Her Fellow Students 0
- Education
- December 5, 2017
Laura M. Nicolae has a message for her fellow students at Harvard: think twice before embracing communism. Nicolae, an applied mathematics major in the ’20 class, recently shared in the Crimson the story of how her father arrived in the United States. And it’s harrowing stuff: “In 1988, my twenty-six-year-old father jumped off a train
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Bud Light’s ‘Dilly Dilly’ Commercial is Ingenious 0
- Entertainment
- December 5, 2017
Sometimes a commercial appears that both shatters a paradigm and creates a popular meme that truly sticks. The genius is undeniable but extremely hard to manufacture from a formula. It just works. Think of “I’d like to teach the world to sing,” “Where’s the beef?”, “Mikey likes it!”, and “Do you have any Grey Poupon?”
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Why Psychiatrists Should Not Be Involved in Presidential Politics 0
- Politics
- December 4, 2017
The media, politicians, celebrities, athletes and other groups have questioned the fitness and mental health of the president, but one group has largely refrained: mental health professionals. This recently changed. One of the latest efforts is a book, a collection of assessments by 27 psychiatrists and mental health providers, called “The Dangerous Case of Donald
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Who will read in the future?0
- Culture
- December 4, 2017
As you’ve probably noticed, Facebook has been pushing video content since early-2017. As you scroll your feed, you’ll see it dominated by two things: written updates from friends and video from content producers. In 2016, Facebook VP Nicola Mendelsohn prophesied the end of text on the social media platform within five years The best way
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