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The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price.
·nytimes.com·
The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
A worker quitting a 6-figure job so she won't have to return to the office full time says she's a victim of her bosses' productivity paranoia: 'I don't need to be in an office to do my work'
A worker quitting a 6-figure job so she won't have to return to the office full time says she's a victim of her bosses' productivity paranoia: 'I don't need to be in an office to do my work'
Felicia said she'd rather find a job with a lower salary than keep going to the office five days a week after getting used to a hybrid schedule.
·businessinsider.com·
A worker quitting a 6-figure job so she won't have to return to the office full time says she's a victim of her bosses' productivity paranoia: 'I don't need to be in an office to do my work'
America Is Back in the Factory Business
America Is Back in the Factory Business
Record spending on manufacturing construction heralds a made-in-the-U.S. rebound, stoked by green-energy incentives and concerns about foreign supply chains.
·wsj.com·
America Is Back in the Factory Business
What You Might Not Know About Finland
What You Might Not Know About Finland
After joining NATO, all eyes are on the Nordic country. Here’s what makes it unique.
·foreignpolicy.com·
What You Might Not Know About Finland
Equal, Yet Unequal
Equal, Yet Unequal
We typically deter crime via a chance of punishment. Someone who commits a crime might get found out, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced. So the amount of deterrence should increase with the chance of that sentence give committing a crime, with the size of the punishment implied by the sentence, and with the delay in that punishment relative to when the crime was committed.
·overcomingbias.com·
Equal, Yet Unequal
Public Enemy #1
Public Enemy #1
There’s one thing we hear repeatedly today, and it’s that “America is more divided than ever.”  That’s because much of the Western world is caught in a
·gapingvoid.com·
Public Enemy #1
Europe’s Energy Crisis That Isn't
Europe’s Energy Crisis That Isn't
American critics chastise Europeans’ rejection of fossil fuels. But Europe is winning the bet.
·foreignpolicy.com·
Europe’s Energy Crisis That Isn't
We’ve Lost the Plot
We’ve Lost the Plot
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.
·theatlantic.com·
We’ve Lost the Plot
How Models Get the Economy Wrong
How Models Get the Economy Wrong
Seemingly complex and sophisticated econometric modeling often fails to take into account common sense and observable reality.
·prospect.org·
How Models Get the Economy Wrong
The people most affected by the tech layoffs
The people most affected by the tech layoffs
Overall, these layoffs are a body blow to diversity in tech, not just slowing but actually reversing hard-won gains.
·stackoverflow.blog·
The people most affected by the tech layoffs