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About 20 years ago, Facebook exploded on college campuses as a site for students to stay in touch. Then along came Twitter, where people posted what they had for breakfast, and Instagram, where friends shared photos and updated each other.Today, our Instagram and Facebook feeds are filled with ads and sponsored posts. TikTok and Snapchat are filled with videos of influencers promoting dish soap or dating apps. And soon, most of the most-watched Twitter posts will come from subscribers who have paid for exposure and other perks.Social media is becoming less social in many ways. As major sites become more…

REI employees volunteer to clean up the park. Provided by REI Recreational Equipment, Inc., best known as REI, sells gear for enjoying the outdoors. This requires more than just a great product. “Our mission is to get more people outside,” says Wilma Wallace, director of diversity and social impact at REI. “There has to be an outside to get more people outside.” REI has made fighting the climate crisis part of its core business. A cooperative whose members have a voice and vested interest in the organization, supplying their stores and distribution centers with 100% renewable electricity. With $3.7 billion…

As public concern about the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence continues to grow, it may seem like it’s time to slow down. But the sentiment inside technology companies is quite the opposite. As the New York Times reported, as Big Tech companies’ AI competition intensifies, “worrying about things that can be fixed later is absolutely a fatal mistake right now,” a Microsoft executive said in an internal email about generative AI. is written in. In other words, to quote Mark Zuckerberg’s old motto, it’s time to “act fast and break things.” Of course, if something breaks, you may…

What makes a horror story scary? Are you a monster? Indiscriminate acts of violence? Blood spill? Or are they symbolic of those things that crawl under our skin and send chills down our spines? Mary Shelley’s Monster frankenstein (1818) is not a random collection of human parts, but a symbol of human arrogance and the potential consequences of pursuing knowledge and power that mortals may not be able to handle. It’s a reflection. Bram Stoker movie protagonist Dracula (1897) isn’t just there to remind you to watch your neck. The Earl’s emigration from Transylvania to England was otherexemplified by a…

Social media guidelines outline how a company’s employees should present themselves online.In April 2023, 21-year-old Jack Teixeira was arrested for posting confidential documents in two chat rooms on Discord, a social media chat room platform popular with gamers. As a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Teixeira received top security clearance and began sharing top secret documents related to the Russo-Ukrainian war. By posting these leaked documents, Teixeira was trying to show off to other users, often making “hot from the press” posts. However, these documents were a threat to U.S. national security.According to The Global Statistics, approximately 80.9%…

I don’t know enough about Canadian pop diva Alanis Morissette’s music to be a fan, but I’m glad to hear that her musical Jagged Little Pill, inspired by her eponymous multi-award-winning 1995 rock album, I’d heard a lot of good things about ”, so I was excited for the Chicago premiere of the North American tour, which made a brief stop at the Nederlander Theater.First piece of advice for theatergoers in a similar position: Listen to the album in advance, or better yet, listen to the original 2019 Broadway cast recording (available on YouTube). Because in this show, the lyrics…

Anxiety about schoolwork. Post-lockdown fatigue. Social media anxiety.Study after study shows America’s youth are in crisis, facing unprecedented mental health challenges that are particularly burdening teenage girls.One of the most striking data is that according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 60% of girls in the United States Persistent sadness and hopelessness. The proportion of boys is also rising, with about half of them affected. Adults have different theories about what’s going on, but what do teenagers think? Could social media be the root of their troubles? Are their male colleagues somehow immune,…

First In a 20-minute conversation, Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, the sixth most-visited website in the United States, said he has a good impression of being a tech executive in the 2020s. “Our mission is to bring a sense of community belonging and empowerment to everyone around the world,” he said at one point.But I ask Mr. Huffman about regulations. The U.S. government is increasingly figuring out how to rein in extremist content, viral falsehoods, and conspiracy theories that cross the thin line from social media to Meatspace and lead to violence and political discourse that mirrors 4Chan’s language and…

Written by Phyllis Klander Costanza, Jason Saul andrew dunkelman with Maya Giswiller Companies working to achieve environmental, social impact, and governance (ESG) goals often have difficulty demonstrating the effectiveness of their social investments. Now, with the advent of the Social Outcomes Market, coupled with a registry of nonprofits and social enterprises with verified outcomes, the costs and outcomes of corporate social spending can be determined objectively and all nonprofits It shows how to provide large-scale social contribution. Small; Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led access to capital. Socially minded companies must take care to allocate resources wisely and as…

LOGAN – classic prank comic, adultery The production, written by George Bernard Shaw, opens on Friday, April 14 at the USU Chase Fine Arts Center’s Morgan Theater. The show will be performed April 14, 19-22 at 7:30 p.m., and April 15 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.Written by famous playwright George Bernard Shaw, adultery is a witty tale of love, marriage, and class conflict set in early 20th century England. Set in the English country estate of Tarleton, the play depicts the master’s free-spirited daughter Hypasia (played by Ashlyn Rober, BFA Her senior) and her many suitors. As those around…