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Reality Check | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Reality Check | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
The Canadian federal election is beset by more mis- and disinformation than ever before, and Canada's National Observer is fact-checking the claims, rumours and accusations swirling through the public information sphere. How can you separate fact from fiction? How can you tell when a claim sounds too good to be true? What are the issues most likely to attract bad information? That’s what we’re here for. Got a question? Email us at factcheck@nationalobserver.com.
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Reality Check | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
How an obscure website with AI-generated articles is spreading false information about election candidates | CBC News
How an obscure website with AI-generated articles is spreading false information about election candidates | CBC News
During the federal election campaign, many Canadians want information about the personal finances of Canadian party leaders. Here's how one obscure website became one of the most influential sources of information on the web when it comes to the net worth of some Canadian party leaders.
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How an obscure website with AI-generated articles is spreading false information about election candidates | CBC News
The Self-Improvement Lie
The Self-Improvement Lie

While there is *obvious value in being self directed and having personal goals, for anyone who has ever struggled in this current system knows that essentially in order to get out if any struggle, we must rely on others. In other words - to be our best selves we must depend on others.

Literally all of science and anthropology has proven that we are a communal species - at no point in human history have we *ever been some lone wolf organism.

Sure there are examples of ascetecism:

Men often historically require an inititiattion into manhood, to seperate from the "mother" archetype into men. which likely explains why our patriarchal dominant society favours capitalism and individualist libertarianism (in contrast to anarchist DIY ethos of self empowerment to better the community)

Figures like Buddha or Throroux isolating themselves to find a personal truth - but even in the classic Zen Buddhist "Ox Herding Pictures", eventually we must all return to "the market" aka, the Commons.

Keep in mind in both these examples this type ofn

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The Self-Improvement Lie
Why Liberals Should Unite With Socialists, Not the Right
Why Liberals Should Unite With Socialists, Not the Right
Conservatives are sounding the alarm bell about a Marxist takeover, with at least one philosopher urging liberals to join forces with the Right to destroy the socialist bogeyman. But the values of liberalism have much more in common with socialism than the Right — and liberals sincerely committed to advancing freedom and equality should unite with leftists.
·jacobinmag.com·
Why Liberals Should Unite With Socialists, Not the Right
A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Syst
A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Syst
It wasn’t Black-on-Black crime. Violent video games and rap songs had nothing to do with it; nor did poverty, education, two-parent homes or the international “bootstraps” shortage. When a judge tasked researchers with explaining why Massachusetts’ Black and Latinx incarceration was so high, a four-year study came up…
·theroot.com·
A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Syst
Cognitive bias cheat sheet. An organized list of cognitive biases because thinking is hard. | by Buster Benson | Medium
Cognitive bias cheat sheet. An organized list of cognitive biases because thinking is hard. | by Buster Benson | Medium
2022 update (1.7 million reads later 😱): The obsession that began with this post has turned into a book titled Why Are We Yelling? — The Art of Productive Disagreement, because it’s in disagreement…
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Cognitive bias cheat sheet. An organized list of cognitive biases because thinking is hard. | by Buster Benson | Medium
Humanity’s future depends on our ability to live in harmony with nature
Humanity’s future depends on our ability to live in harmony with nature
The world is facing multiple — potentially catastrophic — crises, including inequality, poverty, food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss. These issues are interconnected and require systemic solutions, as changes in one system affects others. However, human systems have largely failed to acknowledge their connection to ecological systems. Most modern societies have dominating and exploitative relationships with nature, which are...
·msn.com·
Humanity’s future depends on our ability to live in harmony with nature
Queen's Park News
Queen's Park News
The Trillium is your trusted source for insightful, in-depth coverage of politics and policy-making in Ontario. Our experienced team includes Jessica Smith Cross, Charlie Pinkerton, Aidan Chamandy, Jack Hauen and Sneh Duggal.
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Queen's Park News