“Is Meritocracy an Idea Worth Saving?” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education, reporting on a special forum held recently at the University of North Carolina’s Program for Public Discourse. “This discussion took place before Covid-19 changed everything. But the topics — the definition of meritocracy, the role of universities in a just society, the composition of socioeconomic class, and the real…
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Finland’s 2-Year Test of Universal Basic Income Concludes that it Doesn’t Seem To Disincentivise Working and Benefits Recipients’ Mental and Financial Wellbeing
The world’s most robust study of universal basic income has concluded that it boosts recipients’ mental and financial well-being, as well as modestly improving employment. From a report: Finland ran a two-year universal basic income study in 2017 and 2018, during which the government gave 2000 unemployed people aged between 25 and 58 monthly payments with no strings attached. The payments…
Latest online courses in data science, tech, and health in 2020
With new courses launching every week, there’s always something to explore. These new courses cover everything from using TensorFlow to deploy machine learning models to the tools public health experts use to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. What will you learn next? Data Science TensorFlow: Data and Deployment Specialization by deeplearning.ai Industries all around […]
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – March 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant As our Chief Enterprise Officer Leah Belsky wrote to many of our customers last week, the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has profoundly affected our work – and our lives. At Coursera, we’re grateful for the opportunity we have to continue to serve businesses, universities, and governments during this […]
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Diet and exercise will keep your brain young – depending on your genes
Following a healthy diet or exercising could impact how your brain ages, but the effects on cognitive skills later in life depend on specific gene variants that not everyone has Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239489-diet-and-exercise-will-keep-your-brain-young-depending-on-your-genes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
How To Talk To Coronavirus Skeptics
Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker interviews Naomi Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard who has focussed much of her career on examining distrust of science in the U.S.: Chotiner: This idea that we reject science because it clashes with our beliefs or experience — how does that explain why people in Miami, whose homes are going…
New Zealand Birds Show Humanlike Ability To Make Predictions
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Whether it’s calculating your risk of catching the new coronavirus or gauging the chance of rain on your upcoming beach vacation, you use a mix of statistical, physical, and social information to make a decision. So do New Zealand parrots known as keas, scientists report today. It’s the first time this cognitive ability has…
How Accessibility Consultants Are Building a More Inclusive Video Game Industry Behind the Scenes
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last year, Forbes published an article titled “‘Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ Needs to Respect Its Players and Add an Easy Mode.” In the piece, Dave Thier, the author, argues that the title’s egregiously high difficulty settings detract from the superb world and character design. “The difficulty is only one part of what defines these games…
Windows 10 Icons Are Getting An Overdue Redesign
Microsoft is rolling out updates to the icons for Windows 10’s core apps over the months ahead, starting with the Calendar and Mail apps in a new Release Preview for Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Engadget reports: The company’s design team explained that it wanted to break away from the flat, colorless icons you see today in favor of ones…
‘Five Open-Source Projects AI Enthusiasts Might Want To Know About’
b-dayyy quotes Linux Security:
As AI becomes more and more ingrained in our daily lives through consumer products, we can’t help but be concerned that proprietary software will comprise the market. And we are not talking about a million-dollar market, but a bigger one that may reach US$118.6 billion by 2025. Many industries and end-users would thus benefit from more open-source AI…