1. How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong
“It’s already here. And it is going to get worse. A lot worse.”
2. Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way
“The first thing people need to understand is that any system that allows you to share photos and videos is absolutely infested with child sexual abuse.”
3. Inside Football’s Campaign to Save the Game
“Nationally, high school participation in 11-man football has fallen more than 10 percent since 2009.”
4. If People Were Paid by Ability, Inequality Would Plummet
“The skills that really matter in the workplace are much more evenly distributed than many people assume. Most low-wage workers are underpaid relative to their measured intelligence and personality traits, and many of the highest-paid professionals — including doctors, lawyers and financial managers — are overpaid according to the same metrics.”
5. Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable
“As economic production moved outside the home, the immediate family became a separate unit, independent of its neighbors. By the early 19th century, what historians call ‘the cult of true womanhood’ emerged. That was the notion that men faced the gritty, morally suspect outside world of moneymaking and politics, while morally superior women kept home and family pure.”
“During the Eisenhower presidency, unless they had to take a job for economic reasons, women became stay-at-home moms in the suburbs and many, like my own mother, were bored to tears.”
7. The ‘Lost Cause’ That Built Jim Crow
“Whatever the terms of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to General Grant at Appomattox, the Confederacy didn’t die in April 1865; it simply morphed.”
8. The Restrained Genius of a Joe Pesci Performance
“Though he has been largely written off as a character actor, one who only could play variations on squawking wiseguys like Tommy, his career has long begged for reappraisal.”
9. Life After Prison, on YouTube
“She’s a lot like other creators in the lifestyle category, except that in addition to sharing beauty tips, wedding-day memories and unboxing videos, she also talks candidly about life behind bars and the process of re-entry.”
“This cluster of interdependent 37.2 trillion cells is all we’ve got — at least until we upload our brains into the cloud. And on the whole, it’s pretty remarkable.”
“The optimism of social media’s creators has been overshadowed by the cynicism of the vicious propaganda spewed on their platforms.”
12. How to Set Up a Shell Company
“For anonymity, set up your company in Nevada, Delaware or Wyoming; it can be done in 10 to 40 minutes, and for as little as $200.”
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