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What Is a Recession?
A recession is a significant, widespread decline in economic activity — but the exact definition is…
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Why the Book Club Is Quietly Thriving
The book was supposed to lose the attention war. But communal reading is quietly expanding, and the reasons…
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The Hidden Water and Power Cost of AI
When you ask an AI chatbot a question, servers somewhere run hot. The electricity and water behind that…
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