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April 19, 2017
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Even if you know you’re taking a placebo, it could help.
Robert Anthony Siegel in Smithsonian
Mentor people who aren’t like you.
Richard Farnell in the Harvard Business Review
America needs a national metropolitan political party.
Bruce Katz in CityLab
Can weed cure America’s opioid epidemic?
Kaleigh Rogers in Motherboard
How an Uber-like ambulance taxi service is saving lives of pregnant women in Tanzania.
Matt Petronzio in Mashable
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