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The secret behind the worlds happiest country - The Economist (No paywall)
 For the seventh year running Finland has just been declared the world’s happiest country by the World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations (UN). Those surveyed were asked to evaluate their lives on a scale of one to ten, with ten the highest. While Scandinavian countries as usual occupied the top spots, both America and Germany fell out of the top 20. War- and revolution-racked Afghanistan held the bottom spot in the ranking of 143 countries, with a score of only 1.7 compared with Finland’s 7.7 and Denmark’s 7.6.
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WorkWorkDon't Make This Common Networking Mistake - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)When it comes to job searches, everybody knows how important networking is. But a surprising number of people fail to follow up with the people they’ve met with and sought advice from. That’s a problem, because it can alienate mentors and hold job seekers back. The authors discuss the main reasons for this lack of follow-up and then recommend a simple three-part plan for following up effectively.
Work'Founder Mode' Reveals a Devastating Double Standard - Inc.com (No paywall)When I asked Christene Barberich to come onto Inc.'s flagship podcast in October of last year to talk about being a control freak, she was initially taken aback. Me? A control freak? No, never. Not me. Even so, the Refinery29 co-founder asked a former employee: "Was I a control freak?" The answer? "Yes. Unequivocally, yes, you were." Work
WorkWorkRussia's Espionage War in the Arctic - The New Yorker (No paywall)It was polar winter, one long night. The lakes had frozen in the Far North, and the foxes and the grouse had shed their brown fur and feathers in favor of Arctic white. To survive the months of snow and ice, predators resort to camouflage and deception. But so do their prey.
WorkHow the Debate Will Test Harris and TrumpWhen Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump step onto the debate stage in Philadelphia at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, it will mark the first time the two politicians have ever met. The evening is set to present crucial tests for both candidates in a race that polls show to be in a statistical dead heat. WorkAn extremely practical guide to this year's cold, flu, and Covid seasonIndependent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential task, however, is expensive to produce.
WorkWorkLook before leaping into the world's hottest stock market - WSJ (No paywall) There are fundamental reasons for investors to be bullish on the country. India’s economy is strong despite a recent slowdown, with gross domestic product in the second quarter up 6.7% year on year. That has helped drive earnings growth: Net income for the companies in the Sensex index rose 9% year on year in the second quarter, according to Morgan Stanley.
WorkWorkSharks deserting coral reefs as oceans heat up, study showsThis is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs, which are also struggling. The reef sharks are a key part of the highly diverse and delicate ecosystem, which could become dangerously unbalanced without them. WorkWorkTesla doesn't need xAI's help to improve its self-driving tech, Elon Musk saysAt least three shareholders have filed lawsuits regarding shifting resources from Tesla to xAI. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has accused Tesla’s board of “neglecting its duty” and asked if it has reviewed Musk’s plans to use Tesla’s resources to aid his other firms, which include includes aerospace firm SpaceX, tunneling venture The Boring Co., and brain chip startup Neuralink. WorkOpinion | The 23 Words Harris Needs to Say to WinThomas L. Friedman is the foreign affairs Opinion columnist. He joined the paper in 1981 and has won three Pulitzer Prizes. He is the author of seven books, including “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” which won the National Book Award. @tomfriedman • Facebook WorkHarris Said She Is Ready for the DebateEdward: Most American voters do not see foreign policy as a decisive issue or a priority in U.S. elections, unless American troops are directly involved in a disastrous war, so candidates generally do not spend much time talking about U.S. alliances or global affairs. However, we might see journalists ask both Harris and Trump questions about their foreign policy views in the televised debate on Tuesday. WorkTens of thousands of artefacts looted from Sudan museum, says officialStaff had been forced to abandon the site shortly after fighting erupted between the RSF and the army in April last year. Thousands of people have been killed since the war began, 8 million have been displaced internally, and a further 2 million have fled to neighbouring countries. WorkWorkWorkDoJ warns states over voter purges ?as it happenedOprah Winfrey, in collaboration with Win with Black Women, will host a live-streaming event "Unite for America" in support of Kamala Harris. Takes place Sept. 19 at 8 pm/ET across multiple platforms including Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and Twitch. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThis Secretive Billionaire Thinks He Can Cure HIV. Here's Why. - Forbes (No paywall)It’s opening day at the Ragon Institute’s new building, a sparkling 323,000-square-foot glass-and-steel edifice on Main Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Governor Maura Healey, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and presidents past and present of MIT, Harvard and Mass General Brigham are sipping lemon spritzers and nibbling hors d’oeuvres. A choir of a dozen scientists and staffers starts singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Everyone is here to toast Phillip “Terry” Ragon, the billionaire founder of software company InterSystems, and his wife, Susan, also an executive at the firm. The Ragons have donated $400 million for research to harness the immune system to fight disease. Soon, instead of singing, these same scientists will be running experiments on gleaming white-and-silver lab benches in a bid to cure one of the world’s most elusive viruses: HIV. WorkWorkHow Boston became the safest big city in America - The Economist (No paywall)In the basement of Charles Street AME, a church in Roxbury, a historically black neighbourhood in Boston, Haseeb Hosein, the captain of the local police district, delivers the good news. “We’ve had no homicides in B2, year to date,” he says. “Keep on praying,” he says, to a chorus of “amens.” “I can tell you, the district is going really well when we’re focusing on barbershop music, when we’re focusing on cars blasting music,” he says. “Music is my biggest community concern and I am a happy camper.” WorkTrump's Latest Photo Book Offers Gossip, Boasting and a ThreatStrict adherence to the historical record is apparently not this book’s aim. Mr. Trump writes that the mother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was “somehow associated” with Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator. “A lot of people say that Justin is his son,” he writes. “He says that he isn’t, but how the hell would he know!” WorkWorkMeta rejected Donald Trump's claim that Mark Zuckerberg is ditching Democrats in 2024“Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life,” he told Bloomberg. “On some level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot of people like the guy.” WorkTesla workers trained Autopilot to ignore road signsWork such as this is designed to teach Tesla cars operating Autopilot of Full-Self Drive how to behave on the roads correctly. However, the software has so far been linked to dozens of crashes on America’s highways, including run-ins with parked police cars and rail crossings. WorkWorkDeshaun Watson Is Accused of Sexual AssaultWatson was fined $5 million by the N.F.L. and suspended for 11 games in 2022 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Among the terms of his disciplinary settlement with the N.F.L. were that he would not be subject to any further punishment from the league for any other accusations arising from the “same or substantially similar conduct” that happened before the discipline was imposed. He could be investigated and further penalized, though, for any previous incident that involved the use or threat of physical force or that is charged criminally. WorkJames Earl Jones, Actor Whose Voice Could Menace or Melt, Dies at 93Such and incredible talent. For me, the Field of Dreams speech stands tallest in his forest of redwoods: \"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It\'s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game -- it\'s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.\"Godspeed, Mr. Jones. Thank you for all that you gave us. WorkWorkGuardian Essential poll: more voters blaming Albanese government for interest rate risesRespondents were asked to rank four objectives of the education system. Ensuring “students have basic literacy and numeracy” was the top priority for 38% of respondents, followed by “the health and wellbeing of young Australians” (29%), “that students leave with the ability to think critically” (18%) and “that students have the skills to get a good job” (15%). Work12 Great Films of James Earl JonesNot many actors have the good fortune to make their big-screen debut in one of the greatest films of all time. Jones only appears in a handful of scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s grim nuclear war comedy “Dr. Strangelove,” but he does a lot with those few minutes, playing a bombardier whose consummate professionalism leads him to follow the orders of any crackpot commander or incompetent politician who barks in his ear. WorkCatherine, Princess of Wales, Has Completed Her Chemotherapy for CancerKensington Palace did not indicate that Catherine was cancer free. And officials did not offer further details on the princess’s medical condition, citing her right to privacy. It has never confirmed what type of cancer she was being treated for, how far the disease had progressed, or the details of her treatment, beyond chemotherapy. WorkPalestinian Militants in the West Bank Flex New Capabilities“If you compare what’s been happening in recent weeks to what was happening over the past decade, you can see a more organized effort to carry out attacks,” said Ibrahim Dalalsha, the director of the Horizon Center, a research group based in Ramallah, in the West Bank. WorkWorkWorkOpinion | Donald Trump on the Dollar, in His Own WordsReally? In 2020, Trump predicted a stock market crash if Joe Biden was elected; as of Friday’s close, stocks are, in fact, up 40 percent since Biden took office. Now, everyone makes bad predictions; I’m more alarmed by the idea of handing power to a man who believes that he’s never wrong. WorkWorkWorkWorkBitcoin rebounds from its worst week in more than a year, jumping above $57,000\"For bitcoin to experience some upside in the upcoming week, it is essential for the U.S. equity markets to find some stability or positive momentum, potentially leading to a decrease in [crypto] ETF outflows,\" Bitfinex analysts said in a note Monday. \"This relief in the equity markets could help alleviate selling pressure on bitcoin, providing a conducive environment for a recovery.\" |
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