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  • This game can stop people from falling for COVID-19 conspiracies

    Ruth Reader

    October 13, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge, England

    To combat the spread of conspiracy theories, researchers at Cambridge’s Social Decision Making Lab have created an interactive game that puts users in the shoes of "manipulators" to teach them how to "question social media posts that have the hallmarks of engineered virality." Although experts say playing the game just one time will likely not result in sustainable change, a similar game that focused on understanding how fake news was created found that users' beliefs in fake news decreased by an average of 21%.

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  • The manufacturing job of the future: clean, urban, and better paid

    Ruth Reader

    March 14, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Manufacturing takes on a whole new meaning as urban companies shift from tough industrial worksites to clean, friendly buildings with well-paid positions. One such site, piloted in Brooklyn's Navy Yard, aims to humanize the manufacturing process and de-stigmatize industrial work.

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