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1. Before we’re all using virtual reality, we should set up a code of ethics.
By Darrell M. West at the Brookings Institution
2. Housing is too expensive and just building more isn’t helping.
By Justin Fox in Bloomberg View
3. Meet the friendly robot programmed to teach kids to code.
By Leslie Macmillan at the Harvard Gazette
4. 401Ks and IRAs aren’t cutting it. Can we make Social Security actually fund retirement?
By Dylan Matthews in Vox
5. The Air Force wants to retrofit old jets into drones to accompany manned fighters.
By David Axe at War is Boring
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