Jul 03

Sample sentence: “Let’s ask my mom. Hey, Mom!”

Sample sentence: “Let’s ask my mom. Hey, Mom!”

When it’s standing in for a name, it gets a capital. The same is true of other titles like “captain” or “duchess”.

Originally shared by Grammar Girl

Whether you capitalize “mom” depends on how you are using the word. Is it a nickname, a common noun, or a term of endearment? http://ow.ly/8A4U30kCD7z

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Jul 02

“How do we, collectively, allocate wealth?

“How do we, collectively, allocate wealth?” is one question at the heart of this article. The others are also pretty interesting.

Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger

I’ve heard a lot of discussion about Universal Basic Income and Job Guarantees of late. Some of it seems like a good idea, but I’ve also seen some very thoughtful critiques (from both the Left and the Right) which have convinced me that neither is quite what we’re looking for.

I spent some of a lazy Sunday evening thinking about this some more, where these ideas succeed and fail, and what some of the building blocks of a better solution might look like. Here’s where I am right now — and I should warn you that far from being a perfect answer, these are preliminary thoughts, still uncertain and subject to much revision as we continue to discuss.

https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/basic-income-job-guarantees-and-invisible-labor-c08134e7f310
Jul 01

While it’s important not to forget about the significant challenges we still have, we’ve come a long way, and the…

While it’s important not to forget about the significant challenges we still have, we’ve come a long way, and the trend is continuing in most places for most people.

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

New Evidence That the World Really Is Getting Better https://suhub.co/2yZYitd