Opinion

What Part of Legal Immigration Don’t You Understand?

Source: Reason

This graphic novel-inspired illustration takes an honest yet humorous look at the process of legal immigration. Click on the image to enlarge it and view details.

Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.

Source: Washington Post

Read about how smart phones and social media impact the social lives of teens.

Killer robots? Get real. It’ll be easier for AI to just erase our minds and steal our bodies

Source: The Next Web

Have you ever stopped to think that the robot uprising could potentially be more terrifying than certain death? Read this op-ed to learn more about this writer’s thoughts about the future.

A person or a thing? Inside the fight for animal personhood

Source: National Geographic

Happy the elephant is in the middle of a monumental court case with far-reaching consequences.

Forget Everything You Think You Know About Time

Source: Pocket

A theoretical physicist challenges the widely-accepted linear representation of time.

Helicopters are ruining Shakespeare in the Park

Source: New York Post

Read about how helicopters disrupt theater-goers in New York City’s Central Park.

What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

Source: Lit Hub

While people may not typically look to the 13th-century medieval texts for shining examples of equitable representation, an old text about a knight in shining armor inspired author Alex Myers.

Worldcoin wants to give you cryptocurrency — in exchange for scanning your eyeballs

Source: Vox

Would you take cryptocurrency in exchange for your personal biometric data? Is this a massive privacy breach or the high-tech future of equity? Read to learn more about the pros and cons.