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  • Two Key Ways Parents Can Raise Kids Who Are Eager To Do Chores : Goats and Soda : NPR

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    Mar 6, 2021
    In some cultures kids roll their eyes when asked to do chores. In others, they'll pitch in without even being asked. Researchers have identified two key practices to raise helpful children.
  • Stockton's Universal Basic Income Experiment Increased Employment And Well-Being : NPR

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    Mar 5, 2021
    Independent researchers found that the first year of a universal basic income experiment in Stockton, Calif., measurably improved recipients' job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being.
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  • How the Public-Health Messaging Backfired - The Atlantic

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    Mar 2, 2021
    We can learn from our failures.
  • E-mail Is Making Us Miserable | The New Yorker

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    Mar 1, 2021
    In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.
  • Clean energy shift hits a snag in North Dakota : NPR

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    Feb 26, 2021
    Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines.
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  • Unsung Economists: Arthur Lewis — The Indicator from Planet Money — Overcast

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    Feb 23, 2021
    Arthur Lewis changed our understanding of how poor countries can improve their economies — and became the first Black economist to win the Economics Nobel
  • Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court | The New Yorker

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    Feb 23, 2021
    The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
  • Procurement is a powerful tool to start building markets for other products’

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    Feb 23, 2021
    The billionaire philanthropist offers four bold ideas to help business take on the climate crisis
  • Electric Cars Are Coming, and Fast. Is the Nation’s Grid Up to It? - The New York Times

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    Feb 1, 2021
    GM’s decision this week to phase out gasoline vehicles is the latest in a major shift that will mean drastic new demands on electric utilities. Here are four things that will need to happen.
  • Busting Myths About Exercise — Fresh Air — Overcast

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    Jan 29, 2021
    Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of “exercise” is a relatively new thing. His new book, ‘Exercised,’ examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout, when our ancestors didn’t. W...
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Riley Strong

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Hello! This is mostly a collection of things I've read, but occasionally I write my own posts.