Design heavyweight Milton Glaser is lending his talents to an issue of global importance: climate change. His “It’s Not Warming, It’s Dying” campaign features a simple green circle that’s being engulfed by a black haze, …
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Take 30 Seconds, Tell Someone, “You Matter!”
This post is from MSW@USC. We think they have an important message to share. Taking a moment to show someone they matter could save a life. This summer theUSC School of Social Work has the …
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Freelance-Friendly Cities
Being your own boss has never been so affordable. here’s a lot to be said for being your own boss. The freelance lifestyle affords certain freedoms, comforts, and rewards that 40 cubicle-bound hours a week …
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The World’s Greatest Job Perks
As the era of human physical labor winds to a close, some of us (who haven’t already been replaced by algorithms or mechanical arms) can take comfort in the cushy work environments and delightful extras …
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Trees Falling in the Forest Make Sound
The tree we first watch collapsing to the floor of its ever-dwindling forest is well-miked, so we’re sure to hear the sound it makes when it falls. But first we hear the panting lumberjack approach …
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The Problem with Shangri-La
Try to picture “Shangri-La” and your mind might conjure up an Orientalist fantasy, a syncretic world, folding all the cultural distinctions that characterize diverse nations into a single category. In the Shangri-La, a Hawaii-based center …
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Vast, Beautiful, & Wild
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing China and India, the world’s two largest countries population-wise. Well over 4 billion of the world’s 7 billion people[1] live in Asia and most of …
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France: A History Lesson
The early traces of human life in France date back by tens of thousands of year, as evident through archaeological finds including the Lascaux cave paintings and the stone alignments of Carnac. Known as Gaul, …
