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“Bugonia” finds radical power in listening

Being a CEO these days is tough. On one hand, the economy isn’t great, and every choice you make is an opportunity to be scrutinized by those darn online activists, not to mention the board of investors! On the other…
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The true cost of “convenience culture”

Amanda Lee McCarty is telling me about the first time she used Instacart. It was in 2020, at the start of the pandemic lockdown, when it seemed like everyone was using Instacart, so she and her family gave it a…
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Teen handcuffed after AI thinks Doritos are a weapon

At Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, a 16-year-old student was handcuffed at gunpoint after an AI-powered security system misidentified a crumpled bag of Doritos as a firearm. The student, Taki Allen, had pocketed the empty chip bag while…
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Pennywise isn’t Derry’s biggest terror

Much of what is commonly known about Derry, Maine, is based on feeling. Yet, beneath Stephen King’s fictional history lies a sharper argument: Derry’s evil, particularly in “It,” serves as a metaphor for how fear and its consequences shape communities…
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