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Are we underestimating youth well-being?

Although there is growing evidence that the subjective wellbeing among the young declined in recent years, the evidence is not consistent across surveys. We examine the relationship between age and various measures of wellbeing and illbeing across three major surveys – the Gallup World Poll (GWP, Global Minds (GM) and the Global Flourishing Survey (GFS). […] The post Are we underestimating youth well-being? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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Geopolitics

That was then, this is now

But despite the pitiful state into which the country had descended, the major outside powers, Russian and the Ottoman Empire, did not intervene as they had in 1722-1725. It was partly that they were busy elsewhere, and surely also that the outcome of their previous attempts had not encouraged them to repeat the experiment. That […] The post That was then, this is now appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsThis is now: Russia’s focus on Ukraine reduced its capacity . by Mark CIn reply ...

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Technology

Building trust in the AI era with privacy-led UX

The practice of privacy-led user experience (UX) is a design philosophy that treats transparency around data collection and usage as an integral part of the customer relationship. An undertapped opportunity in digital marketing, privacy-led UX treats user consent not as a tick-box compliance exercise, but rather as the first overture in an ongoing customer relationship.…

United States
Geopolitics

Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’

For decades, most discussions of Israel and Palestine were framed around the eventual creation of a two-state solution. That effort has been dead for years. What has emerged in its place is what the political scientists Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami call the “one-state reality.” Their book on this — edited with Michael Barnett and Nathan Brown — came out before Oct. 7, 2023. Since Oct. 7, that reality has become further entrenched: There’s been a record pace of settlement construction in the...

Global
Culture

Meet the Angry Young Women

The article explores the rise of a new generation of outspoken women challenging societal norms and injustices, highlighting their activism and the impact of their voices in contemporary discourse.

United Kingdom