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• Climate disasters damage bill $85b in 2018

  27-12-2018 18:36
  
  The worst climate-linked disasters of 2018, which hit every continent, have caused about $US85 billion in damage, a British relief organisation says.
  
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• What’s the worst office jargon you’ve ever heard? How about the word ‘diarise’? siliconrepublic.com/careers/worst-…

  27-12-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  What’s the worst office jargon you’ve ever heard? How about the word ‘diarise’? siliconrepublic.com/careers/worst-…
  
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• Why is #burnout so prevalent in the #cybersecurity industry? #infosec #DataBreaches siliconrepublic.com/careers/cybers…

  27-12-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Why is #burnout so prevalent in the #cybersecurity industry? #infosec #DataBreaches siliconrepublic.com/careers/cybers…
  
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• ICYMI: #MaryRobinson on the injustice of #ClimateChange siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mar…

  27-12-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: #MaryRobinson on the injustice of #ClimateChange siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mar…
  
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• Keep your eyes peeled for these #entrepreneurs in 2019. #IrishStartups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…

  27-12-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Keep your eyes peeled for these #entrepreneurs in 2019. #IrishStartups siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/iris…
  
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• #SciTech100 2019: @anita_finnegan @collision @patrickc @Fedwards_ @ArlanWasHere @eclaireoh @astiaglobal @edelcoen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-12-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  #SciTech100 2019: @anita_finnegan @collision @patrickc @Fedwards_ @ArlanWasHere @eclaireoh @astiaglobal @edelcoen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chinese Bike-Sharing Startup Ofo Facing Bankruptcy

  27-12-2018 05:15 via technocracy.news
  Bike and scooter sharing startups around the world are dropping like flies as the public rejects the whole concept. It was a sly scheme to get people out of cars and into bike lanes. In San Francisco, scooters are set on fire and thrown in the ocean by fed up citizens. ⁃ TN EditorNot so long ago, Chinese bike-sharing firm Ofo was flush with cash and hailed as a game-changing tech startup. Today, it’s struggling to stay afloat.
  Backed by billions of dollars from high-profile investors
  
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• True Technocrat: Elon Musk Pushes Self To Brink To Save World From Global Warming

  27-12-2018 04:58 via technocracy.news
  The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree when you consider that Elon Musk’s grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was head of Technocracy, Inc. in Canada during the 1930s. Technocracy is just as radical today as it was in the 1930s and 40s. ⁃ TN EditorElon Musk has become infamous for his extreme work schedule.
  When he was ramping up production of the Model 3 Tesla, he put in as many as 120 hours in a week. He slept at the factory because he had no time to go hom
  
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• Population Expert: Falling Fertility Rate Should Be Welcomed

  27-12-2018 04:48 via technocracy.news
  What kind of human mind can revel in the fact that since 1980, the world has aborted over 1.5 billion pregnancies, which doesn’t include infanticide committed over China’s One-Child policy. Then there is the issue of reduced sperm count because of adverse environmental factors like pesticides, drugs, hormones, etc.  ⁃ TN EditorDeclining fertility rates around the world should be cause for celebration, not alarm, a leading expert has said, warning that the focus on boosting
  
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