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How to Survive the Next Era of Tech (Slow Down and Be Mindful) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/technology/how-to-survive-the-next-era-of-tech-slow-down-and-be-mindful.html
End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity https://youtu.be/yS1ibDImAYU
Outrage Over Human Gene Editing Will Fade Fast https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-27/crispr-fears-designer-baby-outrage-won-t-last-as-ethics-evolve
‘I feel an obligation to be balanced.’ Noted biologist comes to defense of gene editing babies https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/i-feel-obligation-be-balanced-noted-biologist-comes-defense-gene-editing-babies
Electric scooters are now disrupting wrists, elbows and heads https://www.cnet.com/news/electric-scooters-by-bird-and-lime-are-causing-injuries-and-accidents/
Cutting emissions could prevent tens of thousands of heat deaths annually https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612473/death-will-be-one-of-the-highest-economic-costs-of-climate-change/
Climate change’s highest cost: Overheated employees too miserable to work https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612480/lost-labor-productivity-will-exact-the-single-biggest-cost-from-climate-change/
Twilight of the Taj https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/twilight_of_the_taj
Companies fed up with crappy Wi-Fi are deploying 5G instead https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612477/companies-fed-up-with-crappy-wi-fi-are-deploying-5g-instead/