Universal basic income was championed by Martin Luther King Jr., promoted by Silicon Valley citizens as the “social vaccine for the 21st century” and endorsed by 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, but it has never really caught on. Now its time may have come. On Thursday California lawmakers approved the nation’s first state-funded guaranteed income program. […]
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Dude, Am I Stoned?
The frat-boy favorite Breathalyzer keychain may have a new, laid-back little friend. Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a prototype smartphone app designed to answer its namesake question, “Am I Stoned?” The app aims to “improve the safety of cannabis by making users more aware of their impairment,” according to research team leader […]