Everyone: there should be sensible limits on how mega corporations can track and monetize our browsing habits
A few soulless ghouls at the IMF:
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Framing it a system that helps "borrowers who would potentially be denied by traditional financial institutions" is pretty gross, too. It's about as altruistic as trickle down economics.
I've been saying it for years, and I'll keep saying it:
We're ready for a Jetson's reboot.
It's the perfect vehicle to talk about job automation, wealth inequality, and who really controls those robots in your home.
#JetsonsRemake
Bought Bill and Ted: Face the Music this weekend.
It was better than I had any hope for.
I lost count of how many times I laughed until I cried.
I don't care if you can see the end coming from a light year away. It's still the best thing to come out of 2020.
Estimated cost of recent epidemics/pandemics:
SARS (2003) - $40 billion
H5N1 (2006) - $40 billion
H1N1 (2009) - $45 billion
Ebola (2014) - $55 billion
COVID-19 (2020) - $8.8 TRILLION
Investing in public health preparedness is FAR cheaper than the economic impact of a pandemic.
A Chapman professor is pushing a birther conspiracy about Kamala Harris, and the university president is afraid to even refute the claim.
Today, I'm embarrassed to be a @ChapmanU alum.
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