Almost all teachers are those rare people who stayed in education their entire lives. Unlike the rest of us who entered the "real world", some of us desperate to do so, teachers remained in the bubble. These are the exact people who go on to teach our children and future professionals about the "real world" - the one they've never experienced.
Read moreAnti-Discrimination Laws Are Pointless
The most blatant flaw with a law that protects employees against discrimination is that it pretends to know the employer's intentions. As such, determinations of discrimination will be subjective and at least partially emotionally driven (does this boss seem like a jerk?).
A more persuasive argument against such laws is that they don't work.
Read moreMachine Bias
We understand the world through our bias, and the best AI is that which best uses prejudice - identifying an object, for example. However, particular biases produce undesirable outcomes. The data on which an AI bases its determinations may be antithetical to what we want to see in the future.
Read moreEmbrace Gentrification
Critics of gentrification give two main reasons for their opposition: (1) wealthy newcomers drive up monthly rents, thereby displacing original residents, and (2) rapid change to neighbourhood culture represents negatively impacts the original residents.
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