Taking back your faith from the american dream

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin American IQ test scores have dropped during a recent 13-year period, a remarkable finding that runs counter to the well-established trend of increasing IQ scores throughout much of the 20th century. That’s a main result reported in a new study published in the journal Intelligence , entitled Looking for Flynn effects in a recent online U.S. adult sample: Examining shifts within the SAPA Project by Elizabeth M. Dworak, William Revelle, and David M. Condon. The study found evidence of a reverse “Flynn effect” in a large U.S. sample of almost 400,000 individuals tested between 2006 and 2018 in several ability areas. The Flynn effect refers to the well-replicated finding that IQ scores increased consistently through much of the 20th century, with increases ranging from three to five IQ points per decade. As part of the study, the authors analyzed data from the Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment (SAPA) … [Read more...] about American IQ Test Scores Show Recent Declines, According To New Study

Cityblock Health is No. 29 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. Cityblock Health was founded in 2017 to answer the question, as cofounder and CEO Toyin Ajayi puts it: “Why does it cost so much money to deliver care that doesn’t actually drive the outcomes we would expect?” Cityblock provides healthcare services to Medicaid and dually eligible Medicare beneficiaries, who account for a disproportionate amount of dollars spent on healthcare in the U.S., according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. It blends primary care, behavioral health, and disease management services, taking into account environmental and societal factors—such as insecure housing and living in a food desert—that can lead to chronic health conditions and hospitalizations. Cityblock’s clinics are staffed with teams of doctors, nurses, social workers, and mental health providers, and it … [Read more...] about This startup has raised $600 million to give lower-income Americans better healthcare

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Labor strikes are looming at three of the nations’s major universities, continuing the trend of increased union activism and success on American campuses that began with a prolonged strike at the University of Californ ia last November and has continued at scores of institutions ever since. Now, campus workers at the Rutgers University, the University of Michigan and the California State University system appear ready to strike over a set of demands, including increased compensation, improved benefits, and better working conditions. Rutgers University Members of two unions at Rutgers University voted recently to authorize a strike by their members. The AAUP-AFT, which represent full-time faculty, graduate student workers and postdocs, and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union, which represents part-time instructors, both voted to authorize a work stoppage should ongoing contract negotiations with the university … [Read more...] about Strikes Loom at Rutgers, University Of Michigan, Cal State System

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin What brings Democrats and Republicans together these days? The answer is attacking the CEO of a foreign-owned video app in a congressional hearing. Whether those attacks are to make a political point or a substantive difference is another question. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a hearing about the app's consumer privacy and data security practices, children's safety, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. The approximately five-hour hearing did little to assuage the concerns of lawmakers. If anything, it heightened the concerns that the CCP could access personal data and influence over the content of American TikTok users. There has been no proof thus far to substantiate these concerns, but that isn't stopping Congress. "TikTok is a weapon by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on you, manipulate what … [Read more...] about It’s Up To Congress To Ban TikTok. It Won’t Be Easy.

(CTN News) – Huawei TALKBAND B7 remains active in the mobile industry. A giant that had some of its glory stolen by the US ban now strives to remain competitive in a market that is flooded with a number of excellent products. The Huawei Mate X3 is a foldable smartphone that is equipped with cutting-edge cameras. Huawei has proven itself by launching the new Huawei P60 series of flagships sporting cutting-edge cameras. Additionally, the brand introduces a number of wearable devices. Huawei TalkBand B7 ranked highly among them in the segment of smart bands. Would the Mi Band series be able to withstand such conditions? I would like to take a closer look at this. It is expected that the Huawei TalkBand B7 will remain faithful to its legacy in terms of design. Although the device did not capture the attention of the audience at the Huawei keynote, it is bound to become a hot item for enthusiasts in the segment. It is the successor to the TalkBand B6 smartband and … [Read more...] about HUAWEI TALKBAND B7 IS SET TO DESTROY THE MI BAND SERIES

A good product will win you customers, but it takes a lot more to create, cultivate, and keep true, actual fans. The magic word for most is community, and the brands here, being honored as part of Brands That Matter 2022, have found ways to foster and excite growing communities around them. Decades-old brands, including Fender guitars and Magic: The Gathering, are using new content to stay relevant. For Fender, this past year was about building a content hub full of tools for the millions of new people who started to play over the past few years as a COVID-19-lockdown-induced new hobby. Magic: The Gathering has leaned into celebrating a more diverse set of players with its direct-to-consumer platform, Secret Lair. Meanwhile, three-year-old wrestling upstart All Elite Wrestling has taken on a Goliath by showing a different side of its diverse lineup of stars. Here are the brands making the most of fun and fandom: All Elite Wrestling As discussions around mental … [Read more...] about These 6 brands are growing by letting fans pursue their passions

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Well, so much for trusting people to do the right thing. A research letter recently published in JAMA Network Open described how 24.0% of parents in the U.S. surveyed—that’s 63 of 263 respondents—failed to tell others when they either thought or knew that their child had Covid-19. Moreover, 21.1% (67 of 218 respondents) permitted their children to break quarantine or isolation rules. And take a wild guess as to the most commonly given reason for not doing such things to protect others around them. It’s a very freedom answer. They wanted to exercise their “personal freedom” as parents. Yeah, let that freedom answer ring in the heads of all those who may have gotten infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as a result. Looks like the answer to the Eurythmics song “Would I Lie To You?” is “Absolutely Yes” for quite a few parents based on this survey. The online survey conducted from … [Read more...] about Study: 24% Of Parents Hid That Their Children Were Covid-19 Positive

(CTN News) – Yoshinaga Fumi’s popular manga Ooku: The Inner Chambers will be adapted for Netflix. The streamer also unveiled “Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune,” an anime series based on a military science fiction novel by Carlo Zen and scheduled to upload in May. “Ooku” is a Netflix Original film directed by Abe Noriyuki that explores a world where gender roles have been reversed and is inspired by the Ooku women’s quarters inside Edo Castle. The female population assumes authority after a plague threatens the male population. Taking power, the new Shogun Yoshimune investigates why women adopt male names and unravels other mysteries. This manga originally appeared in Japanese under the publisher Hakusensha / Melody. The character design is the responsibility of Sato Yoko, while Takasugi Rika is in charge of the screenplay and composition. “In “Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune,” adapted from the novel “Yakitori” published by Hayakawa Bunko JA/Hayakawa Publishing, a … [Read more...] about Netflix Announces Series ‘Ooku: The Inner Chambers’ At Anime Japan