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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. Yet, even with the ADA, there are still massive access inequities in our urban environments. So the approach was really to give people no excuses.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

They are increasingly a vector attack, used as pathways for bad actors to get into government or foundation information technology (IT) systems. Additionally, climate refugees will be increasing stress on fragile systems. Rather, it will affect smaller organizations and those in resource constrained environments more.

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Is your organization creating bad leaders?

Fast Company Tech

Leaders in such environments are left juggling contradictory priorities, often at the expense of the very innovation they are supposed to champion. Leaders operating in such environments face an uphill battle in creating accountability. Build performance reviews and reward systems that recognize behaviors aligned with cultural goals.

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How to tell the difference between ‘good’ stress and ‘bad’ stress

Fast Company Tech

The problem with modern stress for so many people is that the rattlesnake never leaves the path. The problem is that weve denuded life of most Paleolithic stressors, says Krasno. We generally spend most of our time sedentary and inside temperature-regulated environments, removed from nature.

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3 ways to keep your clothes from shedding plastic on Earth Day and every day

Fast Company Tech

A typical closet is loaded with plastic , woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits and stretchy socks and it’s shedding into the environment nonstop. Even natural fabrics shed fibers and have chemicals that can leach into the environment. What to do? Nearly 1,500 fabrics have been tested.

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DeepMind’s New AI Teaches Itself to Play Minecraft From Scratch

Singularity Hub

Although some of todays models can generalize a skill across similar problems, they struggle to transfer those skills across more complex tasks requiring multiple steps. This is a notoriously hard problem and the results are fantastic. Learning From Experience Children naturally soak up their environment.

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5 Must-Have Productivity Software Products Nonprofits Need to Be Effective in 2021

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. Recommendation ? DATABASICS. 4) Internal Communications Tools. 5 Online Calendar.

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