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Smart Meters: Hacking Into Your Home or Saving the Environment?

Utility companies throughout the nation are rapidly adopting “smart meters,” devices installed at their customers’ locations that enable information about electricity consumption to be tracked and sent to the electricity provider. By aggregating the data from

February 4, 2015
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Category: Environment

What Everyone is Missing About Melania Trump’s Plagiarized Speech

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Cleveland, OH — Melania Trump’s RNC speech, which was partially plagiarized from a Michelle Obama speech, has become such a popular subject that #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

July 19, 2016
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Category: Politics

Cornel West: Justice and Accountability are Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police

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We discuss the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge and the recent nationwide protests against police brutality with Cornel West. Cornel West is a professor at Union Theological Seminary. "When

July 18, 2016
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Category: Justice

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Leave my iPhone alone: why our smartphones are extensions of ourselves

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Our phones provide connection, communication and knowledge – and have become part of our identities. No wonder privacy violations bother us so much Related: Inside the FBI's encryption battle with Apple Apple’s recent refusal to abide by a court order to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone has brought

February 19, 2016
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Category: Philosophy

‘A 10-year-old boy said: Time is different for us than it is for the universe, because 100 years passes in a flash for the universe, but seems a long time to us.’

Why I teach philosophy in primary schools

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Seven-year-olds may not be ready for Wittgenstein, but tapping into their natural wonder about the world will help create a generation of inquisitive minds Whenever I tell people that I teach philosophy in primary schools, the response is usually the same. A look of incredulity passes over their face as they imagine me lecturing

July 12, 2015
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Category: Philosophy

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Critical Thinking

‘Philosophers stir their tea pondering how we know the sun will rise tomorrow, right?’

Philosophy saved me from poverty and drugs: that’s why I teach it to kids

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Can you be a good person if you do bad things? Who should have power? These are questions of direct relevance to young people from troubled backgrounds When I tell people I...

November 18, 2015
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Category: Philosophy

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Critical Thinking

Smart Meters: Hacking Into Your Home or Saving the Environment?

What Everyone is Missing About Melania Trump’s Plagiarized Speech

Cornel West: Justice and Accountability are Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police

Leave my iPhone alone: why our smartphones are extensions of ourselves

Why I teach philosophy in primary schools

Philosophy saved me from poverty and drugs: that’s why I teach it to kids

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