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This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here.      It’s over. Facebook is in decline, Twitter in chaos. Mark Zuckerberg’s empire has lost hundreds of billions of dollars in value and laid off 11,000 people, with its ad business in peril and its metaverse fantasy in irons. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has caused advertisers to pull spending and power users to shun the platform (or at least to tweet a lot about doing so). It’s never…

This year, Medscape surveyed more than 2,300 physicians about how they prioritize various social issues. About half ranked climate change among their top five issues. Physicians are slightly less likely to prioritize domestic violence or immigration and refugee policy, and about 40% prioritize reproductive rights in the United States. Physicians’ Perspectives on Today’s Divisive Social Issues Survey responses and comments left in the 2022 report provide insight into physicians’ attitudes and thinking on these four social challenges. The relationship between climate change and medicine Medscape’s report found that 61% of physicians say they are “very concerned” or “concerned” about climate…

Starship Robots’ seasonal robots now roam US campuses and UK citiesSan Francisco (October 31, 2022) — Halloween is here. That means candy, costumes, and walking pumpkins. If you scratch your head at that last one, you may not have visited the many university campuses and cities in the US, UK, and Europe where “Pumpkinbots” make deliveries. For a limited time, these orange bots are making deliveries, courtesy of Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of automated delivery services.Although numerous sightings have already been reported, many Pumpkinbots have escaped and remain missing. Starship Technologies is offering a reward to anyone who…

The irresistible appeal of expressing extreme emotions may have first appeared in traditional media. It is well known that health research claims are exaggerated in press releases and news articles, with over 50% of certain university press releases exaggerated, and some news agencies 60% is exaggerated.Five. This is “spin,” defined as a particular reporting strategy that can emphasize, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the beneficial effects of an experimental treatment.6. “Sensationalism” is a close companion when reporting on popular topics. It is a discourse strategy that “packages” information into news headlines so that the news items are presented as more interesting,…

Like many other writers, I was shocked and saddened by the brutality of the recent attack on famous author Salman Rushdie. As someone who turned to full-time writing a decade ago after nearly 15 years of working on social change, I admired Rushdie’s craft as much as his conscience. I am an unwavering defender of the rights of writers from his perspective as a writer who has faced the consequences of linking issues of religious oppression with the ever-present threat of the fatwas issued against him by the Ayatollah of Iran. I was impressed with the way you did it.his…

Mangrove cover change variables. We used the Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) v2.0 dataset from 1996 to 201656 to calculate four response variables across landscape mangrove geomorphic units24 over two time periods, 1996–2007 and 2007–2016: (1) percent net loss (units that had a net change in mangrove cover of <0, converted to a positive number), (2) percent net gain (units that had a net change in mangrove cover of >0), (3) percent gross loss (units that had a decrease in mangrove cover, not accounting for any increase), and (4) percent gross gain (units that had an increase in mangrove cover, not…

Social psychology is the study of interactions between individuals and social groups. Social psychologists work on issues that have a huge impact on people’s health and well-being, such as bullying. What is social psychology? According to psychologist Gordon Allport, social psychology is “the understanding of how an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of other humans.” , uses the scientific method to “explain.” Essentially, social psychology is about understanding how each person’s individual behavior is influenced by the social environment in which that behavior occurs. You’re probably already aware that other people…

Donald M. Bell in the lobby of Chicago’s Town Hall Apartments. (Photo by Donald M. Bell) Spanish The way Donald M. Bell and Chicago’s neighbors connect with each other is as simple as it is important. “We have rituals that bring certain people together,” said Bell, 73. Sometimes people gather to watch “Jeopardy!” in the community room of a senior apartment. Sometimes it’s hard to cook for one person, but sharing is easy, so we sometimes cook meals for each other. They watch each other’s pets, accompany each other to doctor’s appointments and check in on their neighbors after medical…

Even as trust in the media and government has been shaken amid economic turmoil and a protracted pandemic, public trust in business remains relatively intact, but leaders are concerned that more can be done to address social issues. , a new global opinion poll shows. However, not everyone trusts companies. The latest Edelman Trust Barometer report finds that while trust is strong among those earning high incomes, workers at the other end of the wage spectrum are more skeptical. A new study, “The Changing Role of Corporations in Society,” conducted by the Edelman Trust Institute in collaboration with Harvard Business…

Social issues may take a backseat to environmental issues in ESG priorities, but both are intertwined and important issues for organizations to consider. Most of the attention and regulation surrounding corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals Eor environment area. nevertheless, S or socializing This proves why this category is gaining so much attention. E. The main reason, of course, is that humanity continues to thrive with clean air, land and water that produce enough oxygen and food and provide the means to make a living on Earth. Indeed, the environment is the habitat that enables the survival of all…