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Catalysts for Change

Interviews with game-changers about timely topics in #education, #health and America’s neighborhoods.
#podcast #society
9 Nov. 2023 - 8:00 UTC
Deep Dives: How To Get Kids Back In School
Chronic absenteeism rates in every state are skyrocketing – continuing a trend that started before the pandemic and leading the White House to double down on efforts to get kids back in school. In [...]
26 Oct. 2023 - 9:30 UTC
Deep Dives: How To Improve Public Schools
School districts across the country are facing similar challenges, and “Deep Dives” aims to unpack why things are the way they are and what it will take to create change. In each episode, Jill [...]
12 Oct. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Coming Soon: New “Deep Dives” Podcast
“Deep Dives,” a new ongoing podcast series from the Shah Family Foundation, explores the biggest issues impacting America’s schools, bringing together local and national experts to discuss why [...]
10 Oct. 2023 - 10:00 UTC
What Drives Us? Valerie Jarrett on Creating Change in Government
Every decision we make is guided by incentives. From financial incentives to social and political incentives – how we are rewarded shapes how we behave and the choices we make. Have you ever [...]
19 Sep. 2023 - 4:01 UTC
What Drives Us? Michael Horn and Jeff Selingo on Incentives in Education
Every decision we make is guided by incentives. From financial incentives to social and political incentives – how we are rewarded shapes how we behave and the choices we make. Have you ever [...]

The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

#culture #education #israel #jerusalem #society
24 Oct. 2023 - 13:37 UTC
Solidarity as an exhaustible resource
Solidarity is a confusing term. On the one hand, it seems as though one doesn’t need to explain it; when solidarity appears it is clear, externalized and public. On the other hand, solidarity [...]
23 Jul. 2023 - 8:26 UTC
American and Israeli Jews in the Age of Netanyahu and Trump
Peter Beinart in conversation with Eva Illouz  Jews entered modernity by espousing many of its emancipatory programs: socialism, communism, universalism have all been "Jewish causes”. This is [...]
20 Jul. 2023 - 14:59 UTC
What is the meaning of a postcapitalist world?
On a new world order and a new VLJI research group In early 2021, at the end of the COVID-19 closures and the changes they generated in daily life and work routines, we gathered to draw up an outline [...]
28 May. 2023 - 14:16 UTC
Goods and Gods on the Move | Global Objects in the Early Modern Period
Goods and Gods on the Move Keynote lecture by Neil MacGregor (former director of the National Gallery, the British Museum, and the Humboldt Forum) On the occasion of the publication of Dror [...]
23 May. 2023 - 14:07 UTC
What is really going on in the Gur Hasidic community?
The price of ideological policing The Gur community—the largest, strongest, and most influential Hasidic sect in Israel—has hit the headlines again. This time it’s because of a case of severe [...]

מכון ון ליר בירושלים

#culture #education #hebrew #israel #jerusalem #society #video
22 Nov. 2023 - 9:19 UTC
ריבונות מפוצלת: בין מלחמה, פשיעה וטרור / ד״ר שאול סתר משוחח עם ד״ר אילת מעוז
22 Nov. 2023 - 9:17 UTC
איך אפשר עכשיו "לגדל את התקווה"? על ספרות, מצור ומלחמה / ד״ר יונתן מנדל משוחח עם אנטואן שלחת
22 Nov. 2023 - 9:16 UTC
"תקווה רדיקלית" - שיחה על הניסיון האישי והאנושי מול חורבן / אדנה זאוודו-גביינש משוחח עם מאי פונדק
22 Nov. 2023 - 9:11 UTC
על טראומה קולקטיבית והחלמה / ד״ר עפרי אילני משוחח עם ד״ר יוני אלשך
22 Nov. 2023 - 9:09 UTC
על חיים משותפים ומצב השמאל בזמן הזה / פרופ׳ ניסים מזרחי משוחח עם ד״ר דב חנין

Context

Short documentaries, explainers and original series for people who care about the world’s biggest challenges. We publish videos that contextualize how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, #society and the #environment.
#documentary #video
27 Nov. 2023 - 13:32 UTC
What is COP28 and why does it matter?
6 Nov. 2023 - 16:55 UTC
Reparations for Filipino wartime rape survivors
2 Nov. 2023 - 16:37 UTC
London’s beavers are helping fight climate change
26 Oct. 2023 - 12:49 UTC
This Scottish town keeps flooding #environment #climateissues
17 Oct. 2023 - 14:58 UTC
The micronation built on crypto

AI Now Institute

#ai #society #tech
3 Nov. 2023 - 5:00 UTC
Global leaders commit to pre-deployment AI safety testing
AI Now Institute executive director Amba Kak, one of three civil society representatives at the summit table, praised pre-deployment testing commitments, but warned, “We are at risk of further [...]
2 Nov. 2023 - 20:08 UTC
Remarks from AI Now ED Amba Kak on Day 2 of the UK AI Safety Summit
Amba Kak participated as a civil society representative on Days 1 and 2 of the UK AI Safety Summit. Here are her remarks from Day 2 addressing government leaders and AI company executives: “I want [...]
2 Nov. 2023 - 5:00 UTC
U.K.’s AI Safety Summit Ends With Limited, but Meaningful, Progress
Others accused the Summit of reflecting industry talking points. “There has been a complete industry capture of this conversation, and in many ways this summit reflects that,” says Amba Kak, the [...]
1 Nov. 2023 - 15:35 UTC
AI Now Joins Civil Society Groups In Statement Calling For Regulation To Protect the Public
As leaders look to international dialogues, civil society summit attendees urge prioritizing regulation to address well established harms The undersigned civil society participants at the UK AI [...]
19 Oct. 2023 - 7:44 UTC
US House subcommittee dives into privacy, AI legislative recommendations
AI Now Institute Executive Director Amba Kak discussed how the existing notice and consent mechanisms deployed by Big Tech companies online are insufficient to protect U.S. consumers’ personal [...]

All-In

Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things #economy, #tech, #politics, #society & poker.
#podcast
17 Nov. 2023 - 8:20 UTC
E154: Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips in conversation with the Besties + Xi's SF visit & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:25) Democratic Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips shares his business background (13:11) Dean's time in Congress: witnessing legal corruption, thoughts on Biden's mental [...]
11 Nov. 2023 - 1:02 UTC
E153: In conversation with Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
(0:00) Bestie Intros: Sacks keeps receipts! (1:14) Jared Kushner joins the show: background, Trump's campaign validation (13:12) State of Israel vs Hamas, escalation risks (23:04) Historical context [...]
3 Nov. 2023 - 8:33 UTC
E152: Real estate chaos, WeWork bankruptcy, Biden regulates AI, Ukraine's “Cronkite Moment” & more
(0:00) Bestie intros, All-In CEO talk, and Chamath's research product (10:49) Ukraine has its “Cronkite Moment” (16:56) Market outlook: are we in for a Q4 rally? (22:05) CRE chaos: SF's [...]
27 Oct. 2023 - 19:48 UTC
E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:16) WW3 risk, is WSJ trying to escalate US vs Iran? (22:02) Nuclear risks (33:28) Best case scenarios for de-escalation (40:34) Murky macro picture: Main Street disconnects [...]
20 Oct. 2023 - 7:23 UTC
E150: Israel/Gaza escalating or not? EU censorship regime, Penn donors revolt, GLP-1 hype cycle
(0:00) Bestie intros (0:49) State of Israel/Gaza: Information wars, delayed ground war, domestic political pressures (23:20) Understanding Israel's political dynamics, feelings throughout the Middle [...]

Computers and Society (cs.CY) @ arXiv.org

#education #science #society #tech
Decoding Social Sentiment in DAO: A Comparative Analysis of Blockchain Governance Communities. (arXiv:2311.14676v1 [cs.CY])
Filter bubbles and affective polarization in user-personalized large language model outputs. (arXiv:2311.14677v1 [cs.CY])
Data-driven recommendations for enhancing real-time natural hazard warnings, communication, and response. (arXiv:2311.14678v1 [cs.CY])
"Medium-n studies" in computing education conferences. (arXiv:2311.14679v1 [cs.CY])
E-polis: A serious game for the gamification of sociological surveys. (arXiv:2311.14680v1 [cs.CY])

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport is a computer #science professor and a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the impact of #tech on #society, and the struggle to #work and live deeply in a world increasingly mired in digital distractions.
#podcast
27 Nov. 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?
One of the most common types of messages sent in from listeners of this podcast are self-recriminations about laziness. But what does “laziness” actually mean? In this episode, Cal takes a deeper [...]
20 Nov. 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals
 How you accomplish important goals: The type that can transform your life in remarkable ways? In this episode, Cal breaks down the common mistakes we make in pursuing hard goals and then details [...]
13 Nov. 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0
Based on extensive feedback from listeners and new research, Cal is ready to unveil his new and improved version of the Deep Life Stack, his foundational approach for transforming your life from [...]
6 Nov. 2023 - 12:00 UTC
Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction
A viral video making the rounds recently argues that the key to promoting learning is to deliver education in apps that are equally addictive as social media. Cal takes a closer look at the brain [...]
30 Oct. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Ep. 272: The Essential Tools (w/ David Epstein)
In this episode, Cal reviews what he believes to be the four essential tools for feeling on top of everything you need to do. If you’re missing one of these, you might struggle. If you use all [...]

Endless Thread

Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold #history, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
#culture #podcast #society
24 Nov. 2023 - 6:00 UTC
The Vault (from the vault)
We're going underground into what might be the most important vault in the world. What's inside? A treasure that originates with a Russian scientist during WWII.
17 Nov. 2023 - 6:00 UTC
Women are from Venus, men are from... the Roman Empire?
Within a few months, the question "how often do men think about the Roman Empire?" conquered Instagram, TikTok and countless group chats — and then morphed into something else. What links this to [...]
10 Nov. 2023 - 5:00 UTC
The Grand Can-Spiracy
In 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran an article titled "Exploration in Grand Canyon." It said that an explorer by the name of G.E. Kincaid went into the National Park for the Smithsonian and found caves [...]
3 Nov. 2023 - 6:00 UTC
Introducing ICYMI: "How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom"
This episode is brought to you by Slate's ICYMI podcast. Co-hosts Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim talk to writer Cyrena Touros about Dracula Daily, a newsletter that emails bite-sized passages [...]
27 Oct. 2023 - 5:00 UTC
Endless Dread: Campfire Chills
Gather round the fire with us for three hair-raising tales from the internet. For the finale of our series "Endless Dread," we explore stories of haunted woods, computer bugs, and mysterious hole to [...]

WIRED Science

Get in-depth coverage of current and #future trends in #tech, and how they are shaping #business, #entertainment, communications, #science, #politics, and #society.
#podcast
27 Nov. 2023 - 9:00 UTC
It’s Time to Log Off
There’s a devastating amount of heavy news these days. Psychology experts say you need to know your limits—and when to put down the phone.
22 Nov. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Dr. Jessie Christiansen Wants to Help You Discover the Next Exoplanet
As project scientist on NASA’s Exoplanet Archive, Dr. Christiansen is a huge advocate for citizen science—and making sure anyone can be a planet hunter. Read this story here.
21 Nov. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Emissions Should Be Plummeting. Instead, They’re Breaking Dangerous New Records
Ahead of COP28, a scathing new UN report warns that the world is barreling toward an avoidable catastrophe. It’s a plea for world leaders to step up their ambition. Read this story here.
20 Nov. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
The First Crispr Medicine Just Got Approved
The gene-editing therapy, called Casgevy, uses Crispr to prevent debilitating pain in patients with sickle cell disease. It also eliminates the need for regular blood transfusions in people with beta [...]
17 Nov. 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Dr. Alison Todd’s Inventions May Save Your Life
An inventor, molecular biologist, and diagnostic scientist, Dr. Todd cofounded SpeedDx, which serves communities worldwide. And that’s just the beginning. Read this story here.

The Chris Hedges Report

Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American #society.
#politics
27 Nov. 2023 - 20:32 UTC
Chris discusses: The Greatest Evil is War.
“In fifteen short chapters, Chris Hedges astonishes us with his clear and cogent argument against war, not on philosophical grounds or through moral arguments, but in an irrefutable stream of [...]
24 Nov. 2023 - 4:25 UTC
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Dylan Saba, an attorney with Palestine Legal, on the censorship of those who defend Palestinian rights and condemn Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Watch now | Thanks for being a supporter of the Chris Hedges Report.
20 Nov. 2023 - 18:12 UTC
Israel’s War on Hospitals
Israel is carrying out a campaign to make Gaza uninhabitable. This campaign includes destroying all of Gaza’s hospitals. The message Israel is sending is clear - Nowhere is safe. If you stay [...]
20 Nov. 2023 - 2:31 UTC
The War According to Hamas - Read by Eunice Wong
Listen now (10 mins) | The Palestinian resistance understands its enemy. It has learned through experience how to fight it. This is not good news for Israel.
17 Nov. 2023 - 22:10 UTC
The Chris Hedges Report with reporter Max Blumenthal on how the Israeli military launched a series of attacks on Oct. 7 designed to kill Hamas gunmen along with their Israeli hostages.
Listen now | Thanks for being a paid subscriber to the Chris Hedges Report.

The Chris Hedges Report Podcast

Covering US foreign policy, economic realities, and civil liberties in American #society.
#podcast #politics
24 Nov. 2023 - 4:25 UTC
The Chris Hedges Report Show with Dylan Saba, an attorney with Palestine Legal, on the censorship of those who defend Palestinian rights and condemn Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Trucks circling the campuses of Columbia University and Harvard University publicly list the names and show the faces of students who signed a letter calling on the university to cut ties with [...]
20 Nov. 2023 - 2:31 UTC
The War According to Hamas - Read by Eunice Wong
Text originally published Nov 12, 2023Blood Meal - by Mr. FishCAIRO, Egypt: Bassel al-Araj, a Palestinian resistance leader, shortly before Israel’s 2014 invasion of Gaza, laid down the fundamental [...]
17 Nov. 2023 - 22:10 UTC
The Chris Hedges Report with reporter Max Blumenthal on how the Israeli military launched a series of attacks on Oct. 7 designed to kill Hamas gunmen along with their Israeli hostages.
There is growing evidence that in the chaotic fighting that took place once Hamas militants entered Israel on October 7, the Israeli military decided to target not only Hamas fighters, but the [...]
16 Nov. 2023 - 5:09 UTC
The Horror, The Horror - Read by Eunice Wong
Text Originally Published Nov. 11, 2023The Executioner’s Song - by Mr. FishDOHA, Qatar: I am in the studio of Al Jazeera’s Arabic service watching a live feed from Gaza City. The Al Jazeera [...]
11 Nov. 2023 - 1:56 UTC
The Chris Hedges Report with Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin on the stranglehold the Israel lobby has over our political system and how it blocks a ceasefire resolution in Congress.
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, André Carson, Summer Lee, and Delia Ramirez introduced a “Ceasefire Now” resolution on October 16th to halt the siege on Gaza. The resolution calls [...]
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