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This Lego experiment shows our brains prefer adding. Here's why it matters
Many of us have drawn a picture and added just one more line or detail, only to realize - too late - we’ve ruined it.
Harry Kretchmer is a Senior Writer at Formative Content. Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/2024
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新冠肺炎与地缘政治：从过去的大流行病中得到的5个教训
黄热病是否改变了美国历史的进程？如果没有1918-20年的流感大流行，如今全球是否会在疾病预防方面的开展合作？新冠肺炎也会重塑我们的世界秩序吗？
Empleos y el Futuro del Trabajo
オフィス設計の新たなモデルとなりうるイスラエルのビル
「出勤したくなるオフィスとはどんなものか？そもそもオフィスの存在意義とは？」
Salud y sistemas de salud
5 ways work could change for the better in 2021
2020 saw the world of work upended. Back in September, the International Labour Organization forecast that working hours equivalent to 245 million full time jobs could be lost globally in...
Sistemas Financieros y Monetarios
‘Trickle-down’ tax cuts don’t work, study says
Tax cuts for the rich “do not have any significant effect on economic growth and unemployment”, and “lead to higher income inequality”.
Foro Institucional
COVID-19 and geopolitics – 5 lessons from past pandemics
Did yellow fever change the course of US history? Would global cooperation on diseases exist today without the flu pandemic of 1918-20? Will COVID-19 reorder our world too?
Geografías en profundidad
How a start-up in India is pioneering a way to tackle the global e-waste problem
“Make it possible.” That’s the translation of Karo Sambhav, the Hindi name for a start-up that’s on a mission to clean up India’s giant electronic waste mountain.
Salud y sistemas de salud
Vaccine nationalism – and how it could affect us all
As COVID-19 vaccines are developed and approved, national leaders face a dilemma: which to prioritize – country or planet?
Empleos y el Futuro del Trabajo
Is Microsoft’s new campus in Israel the future of the office?
“Why does a person actually want to come into an office? Why do they need an office at all?”
Tecnologías emergentes
This is how good governance can make sure technology works for everyone
From robots that minimize human contact to data analytics that can predict infection risks, technology has saved lives and livelihoods during the pandemic.
Salud y sistemas de salud
5 urgent actions to stop future pandemics crushing the global economy
“It would take 500 years to spend as much on investing in preparedness as the world is losing due to COVID-19.”
Salud y sistemas de salud
Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by Black doctors, suggests new study
Black babies in the United States are much more likely to die than white babies. This shocking statistic was described last year in an infant mortality report from the Centers for Disease...
Salud y sistemas de salud
Resetting education: lessons from Sesame Street on helping a generation at risk. This week's Great Reset podcast
Sesame Street and its colourful troupe of puppets have been breaking down social barriers, teaching maths and having fun for more than 50 years.
Foro Institucional
Stakeholder capitalism - what is it, and how can it help the Middle East and North Africa?
Even before COVID-19 there was a growing buzz around stakeholder capitalism - the idea that a wide group of people, not just shareholders, should have a stake in corporate success. The pa...
Desarrollo Sostenible
The world has missed key biodiversity goals – but these 8 changes could make all the difference
In 2010, the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) set 20 targets to try and slow, then halt the loss of biodiversity. They were agreed in Aichi, Japan. A decade on, its verdict i...