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What does designing for life mean in practice? Who is doing it? How we can help? I write, talk, and advise. We also host offsite/retreats here in France .

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You have to love how the line "This is almost certainly the largest theft of any kind in history” is the fifth last line in the whole story. via @ft

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Binance halts withdrawals after record $6.3bn heist

World’s largest crypto exchange says an engineer’s laptop was compromised in one of sector’s biggest security breaches

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Softbank down 48% in a few months. "Global tech rout deepens as US earnings stoke AI spending fears"

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Global tech rout deepens as US earnings stoke AI spending fears

Wall Street set to open lower as Japan’s tech-heavy Nikkei 225 index declines

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"I oppose legal controls of (tech ) teenagers because adults are trying to cope with the guilt about their own failings."

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No one paid me to disagree with Jonathan Haidt. It was teenagers who taught me that he was wrong.

According to recently released discovery materials, Meta directly targeted Jonathan Haidt by trying to stir up academi...

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Is this a sequel to 'The Value of a Whale'? Find out from Elle Adams (Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Rivers Trust) who's a keynote in the splendid surroundings of The Royal Geographical Society, London, on Thursday 19 November.
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