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Our new post on Universal Basic Income (which also links to recent developments in AI), is up!

I’ll be sending some further analysis tonight on how UBI can be applied to some of the past A-Level questions listed in the post. 💵💵💵
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Here are some articles to check out!

Science and Technology:
• Title: The rise of the 'splinternet': How the internet is being divided by geopolitics"
• The article discusses the increasing fragmentation of the internet due to geopolitical factors, leading to the rise of the 'splinternet'. It highlights the different internet regulations and controls in various countries, which are shaping the future of global online connectivity.
[Tech and Education]
• Title: "My trip to the Alien Zoo: a virtual Biology 101 class" | Dreamscape Learn and Arizona State have created new virtual reality science classes
https://hechingerreport.org/my-trip-to-the-alien-zoo-a-virtual-biology-101-class/

The Environment:
• Title: How Africa Can Help the World - The New York Times
• Summary: This article discusses how Africa's renewable energy could help the world in terms of decarbonizing supply chains and reducing electricity costs. It also touches on the challenges of changing traditional cooking methods to more sustainable ones.
• Title: Paris talks to focus on funding poor countries to tackle climate crisis - The Guardian
• Summary: This article reports on the Paris talks focusing on funding for poor countries to tackle the climate crisis. It highlights the political and economic aspects of global climate action.
NPR News: "These kids revamped their schoolyard. It could be a model to make cities healthier"
• This article discusses how revamping schoolyards could improve health and well-being, especially in low-income communities and those of color that often have less access to parks.

The Arts and Humanities
• Title: BBC: "The artists who outwitted the Nazis"
• The article tells the story of artists who used their creativity to survive and resist during the Nazi regime. It explores the intersection of art, history, and resistance.

Politics:
• Title: The Role of Congress in Regulating Artificial Intelligence - The Ripon Society
• Summary: This article discusses the role of Congress in regulating artificial intelligence, highlighting the political aspects of technology regulation.
• Title: Three key priorities in crucial US-China talks (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65941187)
• Summary: Mending relations, easing trade conflicts, adverting war. “US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's first visit to China on Sunday comes nearly five months after a major rupture in relations over a Chinese spy balloon.”
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^^ new post is out!! (Broken windows theory)
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New post out!
The sample count for the Presidential Election just got released, revealing that Tharman Shanmugaratnam has, in the sample, 70% of the votes. Interestingly, the reason for having a sample count made public (for the first time) has been to avoid misinformation and manage expectations. An idea you might want to know is that of an 'information vacuum'—the absence of information. When there is an information vacuum, misinformation tends to spread, and this is what the sample count works against (without a sample count, misinformation could easily spread around claiming a certain candidate is on the lead). Perhaps we are also learning from elections in some other nations, such as in the U.S., where Trump had accused the elections as being 'rigged' and 'stolen' and later caused protests by his supporters. By releasing a sample count, it perhaps manages expectations of candidates and their supporters before the final outcome is released, making such outbursts less likely.
Apologies for the lack of posts! Been a bit busy with tutoring (and law school), but I’ll try to post more frequently! To those that have finished their A-Levels, congratulations! You may want to continue following the channel for a while more because I may be sharing some stuff for uni too 👀
^ just posted on the topic of catch-22, which refers to a certain paradoxical situation you (or many others) may encounter!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Tjr5TulD6/?igsh=MzNjeXhjZjVkYjU1

New post up! Check out the argument of “false consciousness”! 🧠 🤯