KoinNews 15 June 24

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I recently heard, for the first time, a Brandi Carlile song called “The Eye” from her album "The Firewatcher's Daughter" and there is a verse that says: I am a sturdy soul and there ain’t no shame In lying down in the bed you’ve made Can you fight the urge to run for another day

In a "time bank," members accumulate bankable hours, for instance by babysitting or doing repairs, and get “repaid” with assistance when they need it, usually later in life.

Scientists are proposing a novel way of understanding time using the mind-bending principles of quantum mechanics. “There’s just never enough time.” “Where’d the time go?” “Time is flying by.” These common phrases are uttered by busy individuals seemingly all the time. After all, time dictates our daily routines, from the moment our alarms jolt us awake to the second our heads hit the pillow at night. We’re constantly watching the clock, trying to beat it, or lamenting its passage. But have you ever stopped to ponder what time actually is? Is it a real, tangible thing or merely a construct of our human perception?

To those at the bottom of America’s economic pyramid, it feels like the economy has already collapsed. When you can’t afford to put a roof over your head and you barely have enough food to eat, nothing else really matters.  

According to one study, women with more job experience suffer the most. Four years after the great remote-work experiment began, the public debate has boiled down to: Bosses hate it and workers love it. That’s the story we’re told time and again in a zero-sum debate that leaves little room for nuance. In reality, remote work depends on all sorts of things—the industry, the occupation, and interests of employers and workers, not to mention the interests of government and the broader public. Somehow, remote work is both a remarkable boon and a tremendous loss.

Bill Maher had an essay in the Wall Street Journal recently that was adapted from his new book, “What This Comedian Said Will Shock You.” It’s about how — as the headline of the piece reads — “Red and Blue America Can’t Just Go Their Separate Ways.” If there’s one main point Maher is making, it’s that politics has taken over too much of our lives and caused way too much division — and we better turn things around before it’s too late.

What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly? Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life.

Unions are at a high ebb of support and perceived future power in the U.S. Much of this reflects image gains made gradually over more than a decade.

It turns out 3 in 4 Americans no longer have a trusted hairdresser or barber, while others are struggling to find plenty of other go-to service providers.

BRICS is an international coalition originally consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the nations that gave it its name. In January, BRICS welcomed Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to its fold, as well as Saudi Arabia, which as of February had not completed the formalities required to become a full member.

A group of OpenAI insiders is blowing the whistle on what they say is a culture of recklessness and secrecy…

Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are emerging from rapid technological advancement and modernization.

because I said I would... What if we lived in a world where people were honest and trustworthy, had integrity, and actually did what they said they would do? Hard to imagine isn’t it. But it doesn’t have to be just a nice idea, it can be a reality. What would such a society look

And he says billionaires need to pay up. Tom Steyer is skeptical of human kindness—at least as a means to positive global change. As he describes in his new book, Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War, the billionaire climate activist argues that to address an issue as “complex” and “rife with self-interest” as the transition away from fossil fuels, the world can’t rely on companies and organizations to act out of sheer altruism. “I’m skeptical of any solution that requires humanity’s collective heart to grow three sizes,” he writes…

A tech breakthrough in Switzerland doesn’t change the basic economics of a controversial climate solution.

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what's behind last year's deadly burst of heat. Last year's record temperatures were so unusual that scientists have been debating what's behind the big jump and whether climate change is accelerating or if other factors are in play.