#elitism

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fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Bill Maher on AI: Useful Tools or "Psychopaths"?

The episode focused on technology, CEOs, and the elitism of their ventures, particularly in relation to longevity and health care.
US politics
fromFortune
3 months ago

Elites are the villains we love to hate. It's American culture's most paradoxical obsession | Fortune

Elitism is widely resented yet simultaneously desired, creating paradoxical cultural and marketing tensions.
Education
fromHarvard Gazette
4 months ago

Exploring the history and connotations of the word 'gifted' - Harvard Gazette

Giftedness is a culturally defined concept that shifted to mean academic intelligence with industrial schooling and IQ tests, often carrying elitist connotations.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
8 months ago

How elites destroyed the Democratic Party in the US and fuelled populism

Author Joan Williams argues that elitism has weakened the party and pushed people towards populism. As the popularity of the United States Democratic Party reaches historic lows, author Joan Williams argues that the party's elitism is still pushing people away. Williams is the founder of the Equality Action Center at the College of Law at the University of California at San Francisco and author of Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back.
US politics
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

Can Burning Man survive the financial desert and keep its soul intact?

Burning Man faces significant financial challenges and concerns about maintaining its cultural identity amid changing demographics and rising ticket prices.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Trump says no one cares about Epstein. Why won't his base let it go?

American society is influenced by a corrupt elite, epitomized by the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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