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Innehåll tillhandahållet av Important, Not Important and Not Important. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av Important, Not Important and Not Important eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
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How the hell does the brain work? And what does it have to do with lemonade stands and school supplies?
Here's What You Can Do:
- Donate to support The Markup’s invaluable work examining the ways technology is being used to change society.
- Volunteer with your local Surfrider chapter to keep our waterways, oceans, and beaches clean.
- Get educated about the easiest ways your company can improve sustainability by reading this article from Protocol.
- Be heard about clean water as a human right by urging your Members of Congress to support the WATER Act.
- Invest in industries that will measurably move the needle using the IEEFA’s financial research.
Get more:
- Get more news, analysis, and Action Steps at importantnotimportant.com
- Support our work and become a Member at importantnotimportant.com/upgrade
- Got feedback? Email us at questions@importantnotimportant.com
- Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel
- Take a nap you deserve it
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Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might re ...
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