
The moral paradox of extreme wealth: Why people oppose it yet are reluctant to take steps to reduce it
Extreme inequality is commonplace, so why do people accept it?
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Extreme inequality is commonplace, so why do people accept it?

Amid the rise of AI, researchers found that employers still value skills like communication, professionalism and teamwork among prospective and new employees.

For many gig workers, app-based work is no longer just about extra cash but economic need, a new survey finds.

Most research on kids’ screen time has focused on a child’s behavior. Far less attention has gone to parents and their role in their children’s media use.

Increased public awareness of ADHD, better diagnostic care and the availability of new and improved medications may all partly explain the trends.

“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Michael West Media’s coverage of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown Apparently antisemitism simply fell from the sky. Fully formed. Immaculately conceived. Entirely unrelated to anything happening in Gaza. That is the finding Australia has

Keith Rankin writes; New Zealand's policy elites – including certain journalists at RNZ – have been responding to what is happening in the economy like possums struck by the glare of SUV headlights in full beam. And New Zealand's non-policy non-elites have little response other than to go – quietly (in most cases) – mad...

Keith Rankin writes; Neither Moscow nor Kyiv is in a situation like Japan was in July 1945; though Kyiv may yet end up in such a situation. I can see no scenario in which Moscow would ever surrender to either Kyiv, Berlin, Brussels, or Washington...

A Danish trial found small memory gains at age ten, but no rise in intelligence and does not support a high-dose routine in pregnancy

Most people are overconfident. There’s an evolutionary reason for this.

Time again it is made clear through audits and reports that cybersecurity needs to be more of a priority.

What’s the most impressive natural phenomenon known to humankind? Probably a solar eclipse! Here’s a brief overview ahead of this summer’s big celestial event.