Five Things We’re Reading

Liz Gullett

Oct 15, 2019

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

Google Says Google Translate Can’t Replace Human Translators. Cautions Users – Including Governments – Not To Rely On It. – Technology is expanding into all areas of our lives with the promise of more efficiency and simplicity for end-users. Why is translating one area where it may not be able to fully replace a live person?

The Greatest, Fakest World Record – How did one man break the world’s record for running 26.2 miles, and why won’t his accomplishment go into the record books?

This real estate company will check that house for ghosts before you buy it – During the month of October, one company is expanding their list of inspection items to include paranormal activity.

This coffee cup can be reused 132 times. Here’s how to try one – 600 billion coffee cups end up in landfills each year. An award-winning architect is working to create an entirely new system that she hopes will stop that waste.

GPD Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being – GDP was not created to measure welfare of people, but that is often times how it is used. However, some countries are working to change that.

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