A Texas-based program offered second-grade students $2 per book for up to 20 books per semester. To qualify for the $2, they had to score 80 percent on an online quiz about the book (which they could take only once). They could choose books from their school library or classroom, and there were quizzes available for about 80,000 books in total.

Anthropocentrism is the belief that humans are the central or most important entity in the universe, and that other entities like animals, plants, and the natural world are primarily valuable for their benefit to humans. In climate activism, anthropocentrism can look like advocating for protecting the earth for future generations, or for the benefits it gives to society. 

Ecocentrism is that all individual living creatures, as well as biomes and species, hold inherent value (i.e. independent of their benefit to humans). In climate activism, ecocentrism can look like advocating protecting for protecting nature from human expansion, or defending animal welfare.

Realism: loyal to recognizable experiences and environments, e.g. average office spaces, demanding bosses, burnout, friendships in the workforce, etc. e.g. The Devil Wears Prada, The Office, Suits 

Absurdism: illogical or nonsensical e.g. infinite hallways, policies that defy common sense, infinite paperwork, floors that dont exist, strange desks, emotional technology, meaningless or confusing work etc. e.g. Severence, Bartleby the Scrivenor, the Factory

For the purpose of this debate, “molasses measures” are a series of rules and regulations designed to slow the largest firms developing AI models. This may include restrictions on mergers and acquisitions, and limits on data set sizes, compute power, parameter numbers, etc.

Cultural exceptionalism is the belief that a particular culture possesses unique values, traditions, or historical experiences that set it apart from others in a way that should shape political or moral judgments. This often frames Western culture as morally deficient and a specific non-western culture as purer.

Examples include: Progressive curriculum reforms advocate that a purer Hawaiian epistemology (approach to knowledge) should lead environmental education because Western approaches to land-use ethics are contaminated by colonial extraction. Bolivia's 2009 constitution embeds Andean cultural philosophies of "living well" (Sumak Kawsay / Suma Qamaña) as national guiding principles because Western modernity is depicted as uniquely destructive, spiritually empty, and exploitative.

Venture capital funds traditionally provide early start-up investment to firms deemed likely to succeed financially, in exchange for an ownership stake. The are often directly involved in the subsequent operations of the firms they invest in. 

Here’s how I try to look at it, and this is just me, this guy being the president, it’s like there’s a horse loose in a hospital. [..] He’s never been in a hospital before, he’s as confused as you are. - John Mulaney

The Canadian government has recently adopted a policy agenda refered to as Building Canada Strong.

The budget proposal for Build Canada Strong has two key components

1. Protecting Canadian sovereignty, accounting for 42% of the budget, which includes actions such as investing in defence, tariff response methods, and "building a strong economy"

2. Brining down costs, accounting for 36% of the budget, which includes a middle-class tax cut, cancelling the consumer carbon tax, and building homes

The initiatives also includes policy which enables the fast-tracking of infrastructure projects deemed to be in the national interest by the cabinet. This fast tracking allows for bypassing traditional checks, such as some steps in Indigenous consultation and environmental assessements. For instance, to support the creation of a high-speed rail between Québec and Toronto.

You are the father of an ambitious young jazz drummer who attends the top highschool music conservatory in their country. Your son’s instructor is among the best directors in the world, and has taken your son on to be his mentee. The teacher pushes your son to both his physical and mental limits in pursuit of greatness, and you are seeing signs that make you increasingly worried about him instilling perfectionism and stress into your son. Your son is adament in his love for the conservatory and believes it is the best place for him to achieve his dreams. You have control over your son’s enrollment.