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1. Wedding inflation is out of control.
By Piper Black at Ozy
2. The age of laser weapons is here.
By Jim Sciutto and Dominique van Heerden at CNN
3. Could robots ever serve as teachers?
By Tyler Cowen in Bloomberg View
4. Burnout at work isn’t just about exhaustion. It’s also about feeling lonely.
By Emma Seppala and Marissa King in the Harvard Business Review
By ALaura Turner in the Atlantic
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