Tag: Covid

Night Sky and Moon, Stars, Ramadan Kareem Celebration

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Peter Biles
Date
October 4, 2024

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, art, Coldplay, Covid, Culture, music, planets, space}

Coldplay’s “Moon Music” is a Beautiful Leap for the Heavens

_{An album of energy and hope for a time of strain and pain} _{Peter Biles
October 4, 2024

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Arts & Culture}

The concept art of the crescent moon, the stars resembling sparks against a flush blue expanse of the heavens, and the fiery, rainbow sash of ignited atmosphere compel the eye upward. Read More ›

remote work at home hybrid work telecommuting teleconference work from anywhere remote office laptop computer woman businesswoman flex work distributed work webcam conference call coworkers teamwork

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Peter Biles
Date
April 18, 2024

Tagged
Covid, Culture, Employees, society, Work}

Remote Work: Liberation or a Major Step Back?

_{Feeling disconnected or undervalued can lead to quiet quitting, data shows} _{Peter Biles
April 18, 2024

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Articles and studies abound on the viability of remote work, particularly following the mass transformation of the white-collar workplace after 2020. While millennials and Gen-Z workers, fresh out of college, fled metro areas and moved online, whole office spaces found themselves empty. Office real estate workers continue to struggle leasing out their spaces to businesses, since so many employers now have a remote or hybrid work schedule. It is difficult to reach a conclusive stance on the pros and cons of remote work by reading the dozens of articles on the topic. Opinions vary so widely. Some praise the new shift towards remote work as a revolutionary step in the workforce. Others note that remote work is actually a step Read More ›

The little kid is sitting alone on the sofa and looking in his phone

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News
Date
March 18, 2024

Categorized
Social Media

Tagged
Covid, Distraction, education, Gen Z, Jonathan Haidt, Kids, phones, social media, The Atlantic}

Moving Life Online is Making Us Depressed

_{The phone-based childhood robs kids developmentally, says Jonathan Haidt} _{News
March 18, 2024

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Social Media}

The data seems to point essentially to one thing: the shift to living our lives online. Read More ›

Discarded face mask lying in a city street

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 4, 2024

Categorized
Science

Tagged
Covid, Francis Collins on lockdowns, Technocracy, Wesley J. Smith}

Being a Good Scientist Doesn’t Mean Being an Effective Leader

_{Francis Collins admits that they botched the COVID-19 response.} _{Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2024

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Science}

Collins’s recent admissions and overarching career illustrate why we should resist the current push to impose a regime of rule by experts. Read More ›

Hurricane Katrina heading towards New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005 - Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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News
Date
September 17, 2023

Categorized
Events

Tagged
COSM, Covid, Discovery Institute, Jay Richards, Niall Ferguson}

Niall Ferguson on the “Politics of Catastrophe”

_{How can we better respond when disaster strikes?} _{News
September 17, 2023

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In today’s featured video, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards interviews Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow of Hoover Institution and author of “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,” about the history of disasters and how we should think about them. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) COSM is an exclusive national summit on the technologies remaking the world as we know it. The mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation amongst industry leaders, illuminating the synergy between Seattle and the world and providing a scene of civilized conversation and exchange. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. Read More ›

Nuclear war concept. Explosion of nuclear bomb. Creative artwork decoration in dark.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 25, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, Atomic bomb, Cancel culture, Christopher Nolan, Covid, Movies and TV, Oppenheimer, World War II}

What Oppenheimer Teaches Us About Today’s Cultural Moment

_{Let us hope we have the wisdom to take heed of the messages the movie communicates.} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2023

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Arts & Culture}

No one gained from Oppenheimer’s fall. Not only was the scientist’s career destroyed and life ruined, but also the country was deprived of benefiting from his intelligence. Read More ›

Conceptual drawing of room temperature superconductivity, 3D rendering of suspended iron cubes

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Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
Date
August 10, 2023

Categorized
Science

Tagged
Conspiracy theories, corporation, Covid, Distrust (book by Gary Smith), Innovation, Moon landing, power, science, Technology}

The LK-99 BS Further Undermines the Credibility of Science

_{The rejection or distortion of genuine science can have tragic consequences} _{Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
August 10, 2023

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Science}

Science has enriched our lives enormously. Publicity stunts like this superconductor fiasco will not help. Read More ›

Group of asian creative team programing designers participate in all phases of the UX design.

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Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
Date
July 21, 2023

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
Covid, data, Data scraping, LinkedIn, Mathematics, science, startups, Statistics}

Using Data Like a Drunk Uses a Lamppost

_{Startup companies can be tempted to use statistics for support instead of real illumination} _{Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
July 21, 2023

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Technology}

Karl Pearson, the great English mathematician and statistician, wrote, “Statistics is the grammar of science.” But it can be used to mislead, too. Read More ›