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Economy

Warn Thy Trillionaires

When news broke that Elon Musk had become the world’s first trillionaire, the internet responded with both wonder and disgust. The wonder is pretty easy to explain. A trillion dollars is a lot of money, more money than a Christian college professor like me would see were I to work for a literal millennium. The Read more. The post Warn Thy Trillionaires appeared first on Christianity Today

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Culture

Cross-ethnic casting

I complained about the casting of The Odyssey per se (the blind beggar was best), but in general I do not mind cross-ethnic casting. I am glad Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra, Dev Patel played David Copperfield, Denzel Washington played Macbeth, black and Latino actors play white parts in Hamilton, and that Morgan Freeman can play […] The post Cross-ethnic casting appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsAre the commenters mad about a black Helen protesting reverse . by rsmRelated Sto...

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Society

How does social media change people?

I would not trust the results of this (or any) paper on this topic very much, but it is good to see some inquiry along different dimensions than the usual: Past research explored the beneficial and harmful effects of social media (SM), but no study has investigated how SM might change people’s identities. Authors suggest […] The post How does social media change people? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to john. You're overlooking the vital qualifier that . by mkt42“I wo...

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