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Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Original Title: “Social capital” scrip? Fin-tech experiments with new forms of precarious “employment If you consider most activities
If social media platforms can predict your behavior, advocacy groups can buy access to it. They also have the power to manipulate your actions –
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Digital currency payments validated with biometric information like iris scans have been prototyped using refugee populations over the past few
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. The topic of the hearing was reducing healthcare expenditures on chronic illness, which they claimed would amount of
Being a worker means taking orders, citizenship means being an independent thinker. The two aren’t compatible. One demands obedience, the other autonomy. Here’s an uncomfortable
I can’t help but get a bad feeling whenever a universal basic income is pitched as the next big thing that will fix poverty. Having
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. …“Choice architects” create these systems and weave them into public policy. Through strategic application of “nudges,” citizens, otherwise
But the idea of using “data” to ration resources struck a cord with both Democrats and Republicans. Politicians couldn’t resist the opportunity to use a
It’s become clear to folks outside the circle of educators and public education advocates that all of Bill Gates ideas on how other children should
TFA recognizes the value of the Centers concept and has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Seawall Development Company to replicate the Centers
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Patty Murray, a democratic senator from Washington state, crossed the aisle to collaborate closely with Lamar Alexander on
First they came for the immigrants… Originally posted in The Cut. What You Can Do Right Now to Help Immigrant Families Separated at the Border