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7 Jobs That Robots Will Soon Take Over 1
- Science
- February 7, 2018
The time is approaching when many workers may have to say “welcome” to their new robot overlords… and say goodbye to their jobs. According to a November 2017 report put out by the McKinsey Global Institute, up to 30% of jobs worldwide could be automated by the year 2030. Will your job be one of
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Why Identity Politics is Toxic for Everybody 0
- Politics
- February 6, 2018
Speakers invited to Hillsdale College have been hitting home runs lately. Two talks in particular poignantly diagnose the toxic effects of identity politics: one by University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who recounts her recent experience of it; the other by political journalist Matthew Continetti, who argues that it’s counterproductive as well as un-American.
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People with Depression Use Language Differently – Here’s How to Spot It 0
- February 6, 2018
From the way you move and sleep, to how you interact with people around you, depression changes just about everything. It is even noticeable in the way you speak and express yourself in writing. Sometimes this “language of depression” can have a powerful effect on others. Just consider the impact of the poetry and song
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He Was a President Who Understood Principle 0
- Economics
- February 6, 2018
In his veto of a congressional salary increase, our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, told Congress that, “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” This statement truly characterizes Coolidge for who he was as a man. Not only was he deeply concerned with tax reduction
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Father-Daughter Dances Are No Longer Politically Correct 0
- Culture
- February 6, 2018
Around Valentine’s Day, it’s not uncommon to see pictures of little girls dressed up, smiling, and excited to go with their dads to a father-daughter dance. Such has long been the case at New York PS 65, a public elementary school on Staten Island. But as CBS News reports, the annual father-daughter dance is being
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Are You an ‘Educable’ Person?0
- Culture
- February 6, 2018
America has problems. Make that statement to just about any man on the street and one would find widespread support for it, regardless of the political party with which one identifies. The question is, where do these problems stem from? There are any number of answers to that question, but one of the prominent ones
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Why the World Needs Optimists 0
- Culture
- February 5, 2018
Optimism (noun): hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something (synonyms: hopefulness, hope, confidence, good cheer, cheerfulness, positive attitude) — This is a love letter to the optimists of the world; the beautiful souls who are brave enough to choose to work for the best possible outcome despite terrible circumstances, to look
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Why Hiring the ‘Best’ People Produces the Least Creative Results 0
- Economics
- February 5, 2018
While in graduate school in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I took a logic course from David Griffeath. The class was fun. Griffeath brought a playfulness and openness to problems. Much to my delight, about a decade later, I ran into him at a conference on traffic models. During a presentation on computational models
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Over-Optimistic People Aren’t Just Annoying… They’re Also Illogical 0
- Philosophy
- February 5, 2018
Do you know people like this? If someone offers a critique of the local sports team, they’ll predictably jump in to say that the team is fine and there’s nothing to worry about. If someone expresses frustration with another person, they’ll see it as their duty to speak glowingly of that person and his good
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