Category: Culture

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/09/the-robot-culture-that-is-singapore.html The robot scans its surroundings also for offenses like Illegal hawking, improperly parked bicycles, assembly of more than five people in line with prevailing Covid-19 safety management measures and…

Source Maybe you’re the religious type. Maybe you’re not. Either way, you should consider accepting a special commission: becoming an evangelist . . . for faith in humanity. It is…

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008354/a-new-tencent-game-is-leading-the-way-in-logging-off-minors- A newly released mobile game developed by tech giant Tencent has become the first to say it will boot out underage players amid growing concerns of gaming addiction among…

Source When we think about fads, we typically think about things like clothes and toys. But ideas — from those around diet to entire philosophies — can also ride the…

http://www.thevalue101.com/article.php?id=87781 王爾德說，世上所有事都關乎性，除了性本身，性關乎權力。 別讓職場性騷擾，淪為權力的附屬。 這兩天，阿里女員工被性侵的新聞在網上引起了熱議。 7月27日，阿里巴巴一位女員工迫於上司的壓力，去了濟南出差。 晚上和商家應酬，上司便這樣討好客戶，看我對你們多好，給你們送了一位美女來。 席間，這位上司和客戶說，女同事酒量很好（女同事一直在否認），於是上司和客戶輪流給女生灌酒，很快女生就被灌得人事不省。 第二天醒來，女生髮現自己赤身裸體，房間凌亂，床頭還有一個拆開的避孕套，但是自己昨天入住的時候房間裡並沒有避孕套，而且昨晚穿在自己身上的內褲卻怎麼也找不見了。

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57984924 Staff and councillors presided over a “culture of cover-up” that led to more than 700 children in south London care homes suffering cruelty and sexual abuse, an inquiry has…

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/07/why-has-the-indian-diaspora-been-so-successful.html Dwarkesh writes to me: Why do you think the Indian diaspora has been so successful? Just selection of the best immigrants from a large pool of candidates or something…

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/tame-timing-anxiety-texting/ The tough thing about communication technologies is that they typically become widespread and ubiquitous before society informally codifies a set of agreed-upon norms around their use. Such is the…

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008028/the-biggest-losers-from-chinas-aging-crisis%3F-millennials Under the one-child policy, Chinese millennials were “little emperors” pampered by an entourage of older relatives. Now, their former caregivers have reached old age — and the one-child generation…