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“Has the country gotten more democratic? Richer? Freer? Happier?”: picking the country of the year
The Intelligence Podcast, The Economist, 29 December 2021This episode of The Intelligence podcast looks at 2021’s most-improved countries. The Economist selects its country of the year, as well as a nation that has improved the most. Improvement, though, was damnably rare in 2021...
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Elon Musk named Times’ 2021 person of the year
Reuters, 14 December 2021Tesla CEO Elon Musk was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world and his rocket company soar to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew. According to the magazine, "The Person of the Year" signifies somebody who...
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‘Bitter pill to swallow’: Omicron is a horrible dilemma for China
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Sydney Morning Herald, 08 December 2021Omicron is the end of the road for China’s zero-COVID policy. The Communist Party cannot plausibly suppress a variant that spreads with lightning speed through asymptomatic cases that escape surveillance. Even if total suppression could be achieved, the social, economic, and strategic costs would become prohibitive over time...
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Manipulated media will fool you
Stale Grut, NiemanLab, 08 December 2021You're likely among the last to fall for a bluff. You’ve probably stood your ground through chain letters, internet hoaxes, and even recent AI-generated articles and images. Adobe, the creator of Photoshop, says editing software has become so sophisticated that we need to view all online images and videos with the same skepticism...
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Evergrande’s debt deadline passes as Kaisa adds to China’s property crisis
Clare Jim, Scott Murdoch, and Andrew Galbraith, Reuters, 07 December 2021Some offshore bondholders of China Evergrande did not receive coupon payments by the end of a 30-day grace period, people with knowledge of the matter said, pushing the cash-strapped property developer closer to formal default. Adding to a liquidity crisis in China's once bubbling property market, Kaisa Group Holdings is also unlikely to meet...
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Warning! Collaboration overload
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 06 December 2021This episode of the This Working Life podcast explores how to avoid the stress and burnout from too much collaboration. An expert panel discusses ways people can break the cycle of relying on collaboration, ways in which colleagues can deal with...
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The new corporate superpower: strategic communication
Beth Jannery, Forbes, 03 December 2021The corporate superpower trending right now is strategic communication. It's a red cape. It’s the new power tie. Or, if you like the fashion metaphor, it's the perfect black dress or dark blue tailored suit that is classic and timeless. Strategic communication is a staple to the corporate wardrobe...
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Misinformation fuelled by ‘tsunami’ of poor research, says John Maddox science prize winner
Hannah Devlin, The Guardian, 02 December 2021Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, winner of the prestigious John Maddox prize, says trust in science is being undermined. Bik has been recognised for her work exposing problems including image doctoring, plagiarism, data manipulation, and unsound methodology. She argues the risks of misinformation are “amplified by bad actors” such as...
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Apple’s frontline employees are struggling to survive
Zoe Schiffer, The Verge, 02 December 2021The death of Jimmy Bailey and the mental health issues he experienced working at Apple illustrates a potentially widespread problem for the company's frontline workers. When something goes wrong — a bad manager, a missed paycheck, an untenable onslaught of work — many say they have no one to turn to for help. “Corporate makes decisions based on...
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Tech titans, bored with their empires, are searching for new frontiers
Kevin Roose, The Sydney Morning Herald, 01 December 2021In 2015, when Jack Dorsey rejoined Twitter as its interim chief executive, he raved about the app with quasi-religious fervour, calling it “the closest thing we have to a global consciousness”. But on Monday, Dorsey left the pulpit. He resigned, saying in an email to Twitter employees that he believed the company should “stand on its own, free...
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