Around the world, people are protesting - with amazing representation from our youth. The sparks that started these blazes may seem small, but they're indicative of great unrest. In Chile, there was a hike in metro prices ... in Lebanon, a tax on WhatsApp... in Hong Kong, a proposed extradition bill.
These sparks brought light to deep-rooted inequalities, frustrations, and government control. As a result, we're seeing the protests continue even after the initial complaint is addressed.
It's harrowing seeing the need for protests and the violence from both sides that inevitably occur, but it's encouraging to see these people fighting for their rights and equality and instrumenting change.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting.
- This Quantum Physics Breakthrough Could Be the Origin Story for Time Travel. (TheNextWeb)
- Timing Technology: Lessons from the Media Lab. (Gwern)
- Here's a Believable Explanation of those UFO Videos Released by the Navy. (MarketWatch)
- Rodents with Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for Bioethics.(Gizmodo)
- The Morals that Determine Whether We're Liberal, Conservative, or Libertarian. (OpenCulture)
- Can We Trust Facebook to Run a Bank? (New York Times)
- The Fed's $4 Trillion Experiment is Growing. (CNN)
- Economists Think the Slowdown Will Only Get Worse. (CNN)
- China's Economic Growth Plunges to Lowest Level since 1992. (CNN)
- Has the World Entered the 'Asian Century' and What Does this Mean?(WEForum)
