Your Daily Dose: Is Democracy Done For?

OZY.COM  |  News  |   MAGAZINE  |  VIDEO Follow         STAY INTERESTING The daily dose Your 8 must reads / January 16, 2017 / shared by 25m people #1 Politics & Power Is Democracy Done For? This Scholar Thinks So Parag Khanna's new book, Technocracy in America, argues that we should take a page from Singapore. Read Share on:  Facebook    Twitter #2 Rising Stars Meet the Leading Expert on Trans Athletes Joanna Harper transitioned in 2004 and now advises the Olympics' gender policy.… Read Share on:  Facebook    Twitter #3 Fast Forward Why Tel Aviv Is the City of the Future The Israeli city is leading the pack of smart-city incubators - and transforming itself in the p… Read Share on:  Facebook    Twitter More must reads #4 Flashback When Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke to East Berlin The GDR had hoped for a propaganda coup from MLK in 1964. But his words put the Stasi on red alert. #5 Acumen How You Perceive Intelligence Could Affect Your Confidence If you have a fixed belief in your brainpower, you might also be too confident, researchers have discovered. #6 POV The Aftermath II: History Doesn't Repeat, but It Rhymes Coping mechanisms for African-Americans during a potentially hostile presidency. #7 Good Sh*t Indonesia's Disneyland Knockoff - Next Door to the Slums A Disneyland knockoff within spitting distance of some of the worst slums in Indonesia's capital is an odd reflection of home for one writer. #8 Flashback The Book That Predicted the Sinking of the Titanic Sometimes novelists can predict the future with uncanny accuracy. Exhibit one: the sinking of the Titan. Video series From Beirut, With Love The Garbage King of Beirut Ziad Abichaker is building a recycling revolution in Beirut on a foundation of refuse and trash. Watch The Most Ambitious Clown in the Middle East Watch The Best Sandwich in Beirut ... Courtesy of Armenia Watch Today’s news sent straight to your inbox Trump Vows Universal Insurance; Inauguration Boycott Grows "We're going to have insurance for everybody." That's what Donald Trump said of his yet-to-be-revealed Obamacare … Sign up now Speak your mind We’re always listening out for your story Contact OZY Share with friends 25M love reading OZY spread the love Share email STAY INTERESTING OZY Media, 800 West El Camino, Mountain View, CA 94040 This email was sent to orikibose.hahu@blogger.com Manage Subscriptions | Privacy Policy | Read Online