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In the United States alone, 2.4 million fewer people have died of cancer in the last thirty years than would have if the rates had stayed unchanged.
Companies make sure to hire people from poor and underserved communities, such as refugees, incarcerated people and others with few job options, often hiring them through third party firms as contractors rather than as full time employees. While more employers should hire from vulnerable groups like these, it is unacceptable to do it in a predatory manner, with no protections.
The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence | NOEMA
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It’s an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe’s supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
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