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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...working population. The bad luck stems first from a prolonged drought that created electricity blackouts and damage to agriculture. This led to strong public dissatisfaction, especially in Sao Paulo state which is the engine of Brazil’s economy. Coincident to this, Brazil’s quite remarkable weathering of the world financial crisis was stopped in its tracks by economic...
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Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...working class but the poorest Britons have been excluded from this story of increasing self-determination and self-fulfilment. In the survey, six out of ten Britons said they would enjoy working even if they didn’t need the money (double the number from 1989). But to see the influence of education required a question which homes in on one of the key features of the...
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Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...worked out that when we are standing on solid ground it might feel like we are standing still, but in fact we are zooming through space in an orbit around the sun. Being in motion, from Galileo’s time onwards, became a matter of perspective and not something that is absolute. A key issue then becomes: how to broaden your perspective? From the perspective of a person...
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Sartre & de Beauvoir, Guevara & Castro: When the existentialists met the revolutionaries
History & The Arts

Sartre & de Beauvoir, Guevara & Castro: When the existentialists met the revolutionaries

...work. Castro cannot tolerate such un-revolutionary lethargy and bangs around the machines trying to get them to work, animating the workers to take the initiative. Sartre figures out Castro’s essential dynamic: “He is an agitator, thought I for the first time.” And yet, Sartre observes, he cannot animate them to oppose the system that is failing them, which is his...
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Brexit and the Art of Negotiation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and the Art of Negotiation

...work in the UK, and what allows UK citizens to live and work in Europe. But – importantly – the EU is currently arguing that these four freedoms are indivisible; the UK cannot have free movement of goods, capital and services without accepting free movement of labour. A large part of the Brexit campaign was fought around immigration, and as a result accepting free...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...work – and their brain power – have built modern Australia, and this has not been impeded by their less than perfect grasp of English. They and their children will remember that this government, by imputation, has discounted that contribution. People with limited English have successfully participated and still do participate in workplaces and communities. We should...
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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...work in all weathers, Sundays and holidays included, and an exchange of high explosive is considered an inevitable feature of the routine operations. Battalions in rest have organised a variety of entertainments, and some of the Christmas productions are really excellent. Pantomimes are being produced in several divisional areas. One permanent "pierrot" troupe, which...
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John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation
Science, Maths & Technology

John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation

...working on a search algorithm called BackRub which they would eventually rename as Google; and Apple was a failing computer company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Barlow was one of the first people to promote the idea that the Internet allowed goods and services to be copied indefinitely at almost no cost. In 1994, Barlow wrote The Economy of Ideas, for WIRED...
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