Reading, listening & watching: suggestions

Picking up from the previous post, there are below more suggestions regarding what to read, watch or listen to.  

This post will be updated regularly, following current news.

English language & Education

The Power and Importance of reading

How School Makes Kids Less Intelligent

Learn English with Netflix Wednesday

Science and ethics

Why smart people are more likely to believe fake news

Scientists establish a link between religious fundamentalism and brain damage

Why do people look better in masks?

The human cost of ChatGPT

ChatGPT and the sweatshops powering the digital age

The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts

The 8 traits that can help you identify a psychopath, according to experts

Society - Environment

Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws

Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior: "Some people can let things go. I can’t"

Life after social media: What I discovered after deleting all of my accounts

Death of the private self: how fifteen years of Facebook changed the human condition

‘It’s an emergency’: Homelessness on the rise in Hong Kong

Turkey hit by most devastating earthquake since 1999

The train derailment in Ohio was a disaster waiting to happen

Stop the boasts

Politics

Why Allen Dulles Killed the Kennedys

The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong: a second Tiananmen?

Unlawful Killing - Princess Diana

Why Fascists Never Think They’re Fascists - but Victims and Heroes

Thailand’s national moment: Protests in a continuing battle over nationalism

Timeline: How the Arab Spring unfolded

The White Paper Revolution

The unmistakable musk of feudalism

It’s not enough to ‘cancel’ racists like Scott Adams

'It's Not an Accident, It's a Crime': Thousands March for Justice After Greek Train Disaster