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We need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators

In this article Andrew Sayer revives some concepts – ‘unearned income’, ‘rentiers’, ‘functionless investors’, and ‘improperty’ – to explain why the very rich are unjust and dysfunctiona…

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Backreaction: The Holy Grail of Crackpot Filtering: How the arXiv decides what’s science – and...

Where do we draw the boundary between science and pseudoscience? It’s is a question philosophers have debated for as long as there’s been science – and last time I looked they hadn’t made much progress. When you ask a sociologist their answer is normally a variant of: Science is what scientists do.…

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I’m a black man. Here’s what happened when I booked an Airbnb. — Stay Woke

This is a story of an AIRBNB experience I recently went through. I met this awesome lady Crissie in my Facebook Group. Super nice lady…

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Hasnain says:

"So I had a white friend book for my same dates and all of a sudden her plans changed back hahaha. Approved immediately! LOL"

Ouch

Posted on 2016-05-28T04:54:37+0000

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The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S.

For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort. CDC chief says this could mean "the end of the road" for antibiotics.

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This industry helps Chinese cheat their way into & through US colleges

A cheating ring at the University of Iowa demonstrates the damage being done by a booming Chinese cottage industry to the U.S. higher education system.

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A controversial theory may explain the real reason humans have allergies

Allergies may have evolved as a way of protecting our ancestors by flushing out toxic chemicals.

Click to view the original at qz.com

Hasnain says:

Super exciting to hear a fresh view on allergies. I need to look this guy up.

"For now, however, Medzhitov would just be happy to get people to stop seeing allergies as a disease, despite the misery they cause. “You’re sneezing to protect yourself. The fact that you don’t like the sneezing, that’s tough luck,” he said, with a slight shrug. “Evolution doesn’t care how you feel.”"

Posted on 2016-05-23T15:35:13+0000

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Automation Should Be Like Iron Man, Not Ultron - ACM Queue

Q: Dear Tom: A few years ago we automated a major process in our system administration team. Now the system is impossible to debug. Nobody remembers the old manual process and the automation is beyond what any of us can understand. We feel like we've painted ourselves into a corner. Is all operation...

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