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Robots Determined the Outcome of the 2016 Election. Or Maybe Not.

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Brookings: “…the map makes clear that while industrial robots are by no means everywhere, they are clustered heavily in a short list of Midwestern and Southern manufacturing states, especially the upper Midwest… It is telling that the robot incidence in red … Continue reading →

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iPhone Digital Tipping Point: Screen time took over active leisure in 2007

Posted on September 13, 2016 by

Brookings: Screen time increasingly dominates our leisure hours, too, according to the annual American Time Use Survey, which is based on a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 15 and older. “Screen time” and “active leisure” are necessarily hard to … Continue reading →

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