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☆ Peace, love, and Hitler: How Lex Fridman's podcast became a safe space for the anti-woke tech elite
  + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +26 min
Seemingly overnight, episodes of Fridman's podcast began racking up millions of views. YouTube/Lex FridmanIn his podcast, Fridman asks world-renowned scientists, historians, artists, and engineers a series of wide-eyed questions ("Who is God? But recently, "The Lex Fridman Podcast" has become a haven for a growing — and powerful — sector looking to dismantle years of "wokeness" and cancel culture. Twitter"The Lex Fridman Podcast" offered a rare opportunity to listen to four-hour conversations with luminaries of tech and science. Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of the socialist magazine Jacobin who appeared on Fridman's podcast in December, praised Fridman's interviewing style.
☆ At Camp Naru, Nobody Is ‘an Outlier’
  + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Christopher Lee | Joshua Needelman | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In the summer, he would attend camps for members of the Korean diaspora where Jason, who was born in South Korea, experienced a beautiful sense of belonging. At the beginning of this year, he transferred to Drexel University, where the 2022 incoming first-year class was 25.2 percent Asian. His decision was rooted in his experience at Camp Naru, which is designed to help campers and counselors alike develop and grow confident in their Korean identities. “It’s hard being the only Asian,” Jason said. But camps like Naru help members of the diaspora — adopted and otherwise — reconnect to their heritage, and with each other.
☆ Are left handed people more creative? Brain scans reveal why these individuals might be wired differently
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Erin Heger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
In particular, they display less brain lateralization than right-handers, said Eric Zillmer, a professor of neuropsychology at Drexel University. Because lefties rely less on the left hemisphere, researchers describe this as displaying less brain lateralization, Zillmer said. Zillmer said these differences in brain lateralization may help left-handers think more outside the box and therefore have a more creative edge. "Our creative brain is utilized when we are engaging in new, unfamiliar experiences," Bajaj said. If you want to use your left hand more often, practice.
☆ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, high-functioning depression and why ‘checking in’ isn’t enough
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Randi-Richardson-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Randi Richardson | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +12 min
High-functioning depression is a colloquial term and not a technical clinical diagnosis, explains Rheeda Walker, Ph.D., psychologist and leading researcher on suicide in the Black community. Persistent depressive disorder is another official diagnosis that, for some patients, may include high-functioning depression, Walker says. But she also stresses that because high-functioning depression is not a technical diagnosis, she’s hesitant to say they’re the same. But a 2021 study indicates the Black suicide rate is likely higher than documented because the manner of death is often misclassified. If you’re concerned about a loved one attempting suicide, Walker notes that anxiety is “as strong a predictor” as depression.
☆ Syracuse University is preparing to revoke Rudy Giuliani's honorary law degree
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Syracuse University is preparing to implement a process for revoking honorary degrees. "Now that we're moving to implement, we have to wait to formally introduce it through committees and the University Senate." These recommendations were submitted to Syverud and the University Senate, and were combined into a report presented to the Board. The University is reviewing the resolution recently passed by the University Senate to rescind Rudy Giuliani's honorary degree." Apart from Syracuse University — President Joe Biden is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, incidentally — the hold-outs include St. John Fisher University in New York, Loyola University Maryland, The Citadel in South Carolina, and Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
☆ Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linked
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Even if a link were ever found, the life-saving benefits of the vaccines are still likely to outweigh the asthma risk, said Dr. Matthew Daley, the study’s lead author. But it’s possible that if the results are confirmed, it could prompt new work to redesign vaccines, he added. Dr. Paul Offit, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, worried that the flawed study will needlessly scare some families away from proven vaccines. Several previous studies didn’t find a link between aluminum-containing childhood vaccines and allergies and asthma. About 4% of U.S. children under 5 have persistent asthma.
☆ Why Joe Biden thinks he's never too old to be your president
  + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +28 min
As the oldest sitting president, he's raising concerns about how long he can continue governing. Republicans — including Trump — have gleefully seized on Biden's verbal misadventures, such as when he called his vice president "President Harris." President Joe Biden drives the Ford's new all-electric F-150 Lightning in Dearborn, Michigan. Ruggerio described the idea that Joe Biden is diminished or can't remember things as "bull crap." Cox said that while he thinks Biden is "still Joe" and still capable, he worries that Biden's age is a problem.
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