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Beware: Our New Online Culture Is a Feast for Mass Surveillance 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has caused network traffic to surge as Internet users resort to video conferencing to work remotely. For example, last December online meeting provider Zoom hosted roughly 10 million participants. In March this statistic jumped to 200 million. The public’s stampede to the cloud is an auspicious development for the intelligence
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Finding Rest in an Anxious Society 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2020
Anxiety. Do you feel it? I’m not going to lie: I have. I also have a hunch that many others have as well, or at least will soon. Being cooped up, life as we knew it gone, facing uncertainties on every side – it’s no wonder the anxiety juices are flowing at top speed. But
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Redefining Gender Roles One Quarantine at a Time 0
- Culture
- April 7, 2020
The coronavirus is going to send women back to the kitchen. At least that is what The Atlantic believes. Writer Helen Lewis argues that the pandemic is a “disaster for feminism.” Lewis starts by noting, “A pandemic magnifies all existing inequalities.” That’s certainly true, but from there, she veers into the assertion that this particularly affects women. Women, Lewis believes,
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WHO Reverses Course, Endorses Masks to Fight COVID-19 0
- Politics
- April 7, 2020
The World Health Organization now supports the public wearing of masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. That’s a reversal of its earlier position, reports the South China Morning Post: The World Health Organisation says it supports government initiatives that require or encourage the public wearing of masks, marking a major shift from previous advice amid
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Crying Over Dumped Milk 0
- Economics
- April 6, 2020
Frustrated shoppers have reason to cry over spilled milk. Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of the stuff. Meanwhile, some dairy products are sold out at many grocery stores across the country, due to intense demand for basic household goods amid the coronavirus crisis. USA Today reports on one farm in Wisconsin: “About 7
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Social Distancing Tips From Robinson Crusoe 0
- Culture
- April 6, 2020
He survived the last great plague in London and the city’s Great Fire. He was imprisoned and persecuted for his religious and political views. There was no happy ending for the journalist Daniel Defoe, author of “A Journal of a Plague Year.” When he died in 1731, he was mired in debt and hiding from
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