All posts tagged: consequences

When Unfairness Is Systemic, The Consequences Are Flight, Resistance, Revolt

When Unfairness Is Systemic, The Consequences Are Flight, Resistance, Revolt

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Now that we’ve drained the aquifers of a stable society, the replacement form of “wealth” is a delusional credit-asset bubble that generates the illusion of “wealth.” Let’s weave together two threads that look different: systemic unfairness and civilizational psychosis. As I often note, social species that organize themselves into hierarchies (i.e. primates, including humans) have an innate sensitivity to fairness, as this trait is essential to maintaining social stability, and therefore it has been selected as advantageous. This sensitivity applies both to individual instances of unfairness / injustice and to systemic unfairness / injustice. If there is no redress when an individual is treated unfairly or abused, the social order is weakened. This is why early civilizations instituted legal codes and systems of redress as they expanded into nations / empires that needed bureaucracies to organize, manage and enforce the rules and responsibilities of every class. If the mechanisms of redress have become empty shams, then the unfairness is systemic: it isn’t just some individuals who have been treated unfairly–everyone is being …

Most Parents Phub Sometimes – But Habitual Phubbing Has Consequences

Most Parents Phub Sometimes – But Habitual Phubbing Has Consequences

Published by Sam Flores

!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=”//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js”,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src=”https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”;cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({“playerId”:”8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb”,”mediaId”:”bea94644-cb73-4be5-8b8a-0007f15b0b08″}).render(“6a0c3473e4b02ed8893ef57f”);}); We’ve all been there: you’re doing a food shop on your phone or pinging an email to a colleague, and your child asks you something. You’re so engrossed that you don’t really hear them. Then you look up and see your kid just standing there, looking at you and your phone. You have no idea what they’ve said.  If you haven’t phubbed – that’s a portmanteau of “phone” and “snubbed” – your kids, you’re probably in the minority.  One survey found 62% of people reported looking at their phone while having a face-to-face conversation with someone else. Partners, friends and siblings were most likely to be phubbed, followed by children.  Psychotherapist Anna Mathur tells HuffPost UK that the act of phubbing is “extremely common” – we’re living in an age where our phones are designed to demand our attention, she says, “and most parents are also trying to stay on top of work, admin and the relentless scroll of modern life”. “Phubbing is rarely a sign that a parent doesn’t care. …

Married at First Sight allegations prompt government to warn of ‘consequences’

Married at First Sight allegations prompt government to warn of ‘consequences’

Published by Sam Flores

There must be “consequences for criminality or wrongdoing”, the government has said, after two women alleged they were raped during filming of Married at First Sight UK (MAFS UK). Channel 4 has said “very serious allegations of wrongdoing” have been made against a small number of past participants in the reality TV series. The broadcaster said it had removed all previous seasons of MAFS UK from its streaming platforms. The move follows an external review, commissioned by the broadcaster in April, into the welfare of participants on the programme. The BBC has reported allegations from two women who alleged they were raped during filming of the show. A third described an allegation of a non-consensual sex act. They all alleged the show did not do enough to protect them. The government has said all the allegations must be investigated and that “there are consequences for criminality or wrongdoing”. Shona Manderson – the third of the three women making allegations about their time on the Channel 4 show, and the only one who is named – …

The House | The Consequences Of Inaction On AI-Driven Job Loss Are Coming Into View

The House | The Consequences Of Inaction On AI-Driven Job Loss Are Coming Into View

Published by Sam Flores

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (Associated Press/Alamy) 7 min read15 July The scale of the disruption to the labour market from AI is becoming clear; we cannot leave it to big tech or populists to frame the debate about what to do about it, argues Roa Powell If AI is powerful enough to turbocharge Britain’s economy, it is powerful enough to disrupt our labour market. Ministers must reckon with this dual reality. This government is taking rapid AI progress seriously. They have committed to a world-leading AI Security Institute, invested £500m in the UK’s sovereign AI capability, and plan for the UK to be the fastest AI adopter in the G7. Ministers have described AI as “the defining technology of our generation”, “the engine of economic power” and an “industrial revolution in a decade”. But the more seriously this government takes AI, the harder it is to justify silence on AI-driven job loss. If AI is really going to be an “industrial revolution in a decade,” surely we should expect disruption on a similar …

Chicago PD boss breaks silence on season 13 cliffhanger finale and the consequences for Voight — exclusive

Chicago PD boss breaks silence on season 13 cliffhanger finale and the consequences for Voight — exclusive

Published by Daniella Wilson

Hovering in the back of Chicago PD’s 13th season has been newcomer Eva Imani (Arienne Mendi) and the mystery of her missing sister, Shari, who was kidnapped at the age of six and is presumed to be a victim of trafficking.  Sergeant Voight (Jason Beghe) has helped Imani work the case in the background over the season, and it came to a dramatic and devastating conclusion on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in ways that no one would have expected. © Elizabeth Sisson/NBCJason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight, Arienne Mandi as Eva Imani in Chicago PD Showrunner Gwen Sigan tells HELLO! that the writing team always knew the final episodes of the season would center on Imani’s search for Shari and that she “wouldn’t be what we were expecting to find”. “That, to us, thematically fit with the season as a whole, gave us the most to play with for Imani in the aftermath of it, and felt like a really nice journey to portray a lot of what’s been going on with Voight and the other characters,” says …

AI Is Losing The PR Battle And The Consequences Could Be Huge

AI Is Losing The PR Battle And The Consequences Could Be Huge

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Donald Kendal via The Epoch Times, Lately, when watching high-profile sporting events like the NBA Playoffs, you may have noticed a rash of commercials for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. While average commercials strive to show off new products or services or recruit new customers, these AI commercials seem to have a different primary objective. They seem to target goodwill. Heartwarming commercials show families bonding over AI-generated memories, where AI brings life to old family photos. Emotional voice-overs promise connection, creativity, and even nostalgia. These AI companies are trying to sell people a good reputation. This strategy should tell us something. Companies don’t often spend millions trying to make you feel good about their brand unless they know, deep down, that you don’t trust it. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into AI development, the industry is quietly losing the battle for hearts and minds. And sentimental advertising is not doing much to fix this problem. Rare Bipartisan Agreement on AI A new national survey from Marquette University Law School should give the …

Shutting Iran’s oil wells may be straightforward – but the consequences are not

Shutting Iran’s oil wells may be straightforward – but the consequences are not

Published by skeptic

The Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway through which between 20% and 25% of the world’s seaborne oil normally passes – has been effectively closed for just over two months. As tensions have escalated, Iran has restricted passage through the Strait, while the US has imposed a naval blockade on Iranian shipping, sharply limiting Tehran’s ability to export crude. On May 3, the US president Donald Trump announced Project Freedom, by which US warships would escort vessels from countries not involved in the conflict through the Strait. But some reports have suggested that Iran has since fired on several ships attempting to transit and the waterway remains effectively closed. The immediate consequences are tankers stranded, prices surging, and Iran rapidly running out of places to store its oil. Analysts now warn that storage could fill within weeks, forcing producers to shut wells altogether. But the deeper story lies far below the surface. Oil wells are not designed to be switched off and on at will. And when they are, the damage can linger long …

The Causes and Consequences of Narcissistic Leadership

The Causes and Consequences of Narcissistic Leadership

Published by Jenni Sidey

Narcissism has travelled a long intellectual journey. Its origins lie in the Greek myth of Narcissus, the beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection, unable to detach himself from the image staring back. Centuries later, Sigmund Freud repurposed the concept into a psychological framework, arguing that narcissism was not merely vanity but a fundamental component of human development. For Freud, a certain degree of self-love was not pathological but necessary; without it, individuals would lack the confidence and agency to function in the world. Today, narcissism retains a largely negative reputation, often associated with arrogance, entitlement, and a lack of empathy. Yet, somewhat paradoxically, it is also consistently linked to leadership. This tension raises an uncomfortable question: If narcissism is so problematic, why does it seem so common among those who lead? Footnotes to Freud Freud offered an early clue. He argued that our connection to leaders is, at its core, narcissistic. We project our own self-love onto them, particularly when they appear to admire or validate us in return. Charismatic …

Daredevil: Born Again stages nostalgic death for fan-favourite character – and the consequences could be dire

Daredevil: Born Again stages nostalgic death for fan-favourite character – and the consequences could be dire

Published by Daniella Wilson

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 has killed off a fan favourite character, whose absence will surely put Matt Murdock and his allies in even greater danger moving forward. The fifth episode of the batch, titled The Grand Design, picked up in the wake of last week’s catastrophic ending, when Wilson Fisk’s beloved wife, Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer), suffered major head trauma from one of Bullseye’s projectiles. Bleeding out on the mat at her husband’s ill-judged charity boxing match, it seemed worryingly uncertain that we’d see any more from the character in the second half of the season. Was this her ultimate end? Well, showrunner Dario Scardapane clearly wasn’t content with such an unceremonious death for a character that has been central to Daredevil’s plot across both its Netflix and Disney+ iterations. With season 2 episode 5, we get a poignant send-off for Vanessa that reframes her story across this entire Marvel saga, revealing that she was always more cunning and ruthless than we might have initially assumed. Want to see this content? This page contains content …