Why Poverty Is Like a Disease - Issue 47: Consciousness - Nautilus
On paper alone you would never guess that I grew up poor and hungry. My most recent annual salary was over $700,000. I am a Truman…
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This whole article is amazing. I kept changing which quote to highlight because every paragraph kept getting better.
"The standard American myth of meritocracy misinterprets personal narratives like mine. The accumulated social capital of American institutions—stable transfer of power, rule of law, and entrepreneurship—certainly create economic miracles every day. But these institutions are far more suited to exponentially growing capital where it already exists, rather than creating new capital where society needs it. Stories such as mine are treated as the archetype, and we falsely believe they are the path to escape velocity for an entire segment of the population. In doing so, they leave that population behind. I am the face of the self-made rags-to-riches success story, and I’m here to say that story is a myth. The term “meritocracy” was coined in 1958 as a mockery of the very idea of evaluation by merit alone. We’ve forgotten to laugh, and the joke is on us."
Posted on 2017-04-27T00:25:37+0000
India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste
Bill Gates shares how by fighting poor sanitation, India is saving lives, keeping girls in school, and boosting the economy.
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Posted on 2017-04-27T00:11:37+0000
Are Baby Boomers A 'Generation Of Sociopaths'?
A controversial new book argues boomers are beset with egotism, impulsivity and a shocking lack of empathy -- and they're leaving the world a worse place.
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Posted on 2017-04-27T00:11:17+0000
Ikea Had a Great Reaction to Balenciaga Making a $2,145 Version of Its 99-Cent Blue Bag
Creative agency Acne crafts a cheeky response ad.
Lawmaker's Childhood Experience Drives New Mexico's 'Lunch Shaming' Ban
New Mexico has made it illegal to stigmatize students who cannot pay for their lunches. State Sen. Michael Padilla, who introduced the bill, says he had to mop cafeteria floors as a foster child.
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Posted on 2017-04-26T20:29:06+0000
Robinhood stock trading app confirms $110M raise at $1.3B valuation
Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has joined the unicorn club. That's thanks to it reaching 2 million total monthly users, and 17% month-over-month growth..
Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186 Million From Verizon Deal
Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to make some $186 million as a result of the internet company’s sale of its core business to Verizon Communications, according to securities filings.
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Posted on 2017-04-26T05:58:19+0000
Implementing Weld in Rust
The Stanford DAWN blog
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Posted on 2017-04-26T05:35:27+0000
Uber must turn over to Waymo information about its acquisition of Otto, court rules
Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of the legal battle between Google and Uber over driverless-car technology, has suffered a setback...
Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress, racism
[...] his time at Uber turned into a personal tragedy, one that will compel the ride-hailing company to answer questions before a judge about its aggressive work culture. Always adept with computers, Joseph Thomas worked his way up the ladder at tech jobs in his native Atlanta, then at LinkedIn in M...
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Posted on 2017-04-26T05:26:21+0000