How We Can Boost Global Productivity

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1. Globally, we could boost productivity by $400 billion. Here’s how.

By Nancy A. Melville in Medscape

2. Without adequate laws on the books, here’s how women are fighting back against online abuse.

By Leigh Alexander in the Guardian

3. We can teach an artificial intelligence to win a game, but can we teach it to be ethical?

By Peter Singer in Project Syndicate

4. Our brains are trained to focus on bad news. But we can rewire them.

By Katrina Schwartz at MindShift

5. Here’s a simple strategy to make ‘gifted’ school programs more diverse.

By Jesse Singal in the Science of Us

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