Tagged: Nicholas D. Kristof

Book Review: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger 9781608190362: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett: Books

Amazon.com: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger 9781608190362: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett: Books. I really like this book. It has plenty of facts and well-reasoned arguments. It should be required reading in high school. I learned many things from it, but the most surprising is the way that inequality hurts the rich and/or educated as much as the poor and/or ignorant. Wealth isn’t a buffer against societal problems.

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Are tech toys the new “blood diamonds?” (via Wanderlust)

I didn’t realize this. I will verify this with some other sources. If true it’s going to change a few things in my life.

In a recent New York Times article, Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof questions our need for new technology, at the expense of the apparent bloodshed going on in Congo. According to Kristof, most of our tech toys (from computers to smartphones) contain certain “conflict minerals” that have been igniting slaughter and rapings in Congo: I’ve never reported on a war more barbaric than Congo’s, and it haunts me. In Congo, I’ve seen women who have b … Read More

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