How to inspire people

Motivational quotes. Videos of Steve Jobs saying absolutely anything. Clips of a baby elephant being rescued from a river. You do not have to scroll for long on LinkedIn, a networking site ostensibly for people at work, to find “inspirational” content. There may be people who need only to read “We cannot become what we…

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Mobile networks slash carbon like never before as your data habits skyrocket – but there’s still trouble ahead

GSMA finds mobile data traffic soars, but emissions dropped – a rare climate win in tech’s fast lane Europe leads the race in cutting mobile emissions, but Asia is closing in fast China’s billion-plus 5G users just made a climate-friendly turn that could change everything The global mobile industry has managed to cut its operational…

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The PayPal Mafia is taking over America’s government

On the night of December 7th San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, with its lakeside colonnade echoing a Roman ruin, turned into Mar-a-Lago. Silicon Valley’s newly emboldened right-wingers had gathered for a Christmas bash organised by the All-In podcast. The festive good cheer did not extend to everyone; The Economist was made to feel most unwelcome….

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