Flint & Steel Vol. 10 Launch | Your Phone Is Listening: Society and Secrets on Social Media

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How AI is changing democracy | Nudging, microtargeting, and epistemic bubbles

By Dr Paul Henderson
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Grading our Curriculum: Failing students, teachers, and the evidence test

By Maryanne Spurdle
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Why do I have to go to school?

By Natasha Baulis
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Aotearoa—the land of the long white cloud. Home to over 5 million people. Ever since the first people landed here over 700 years ago, everyone who has come to Aotearoa New Zealand has sought a home. From the first Māori settlers to the quarter-acre section dream, notions of home, house, land, family, ownership, and stewardship have been central to the stories of every person who has arrived on these shores and their descendants.
I hope you’ll be encouraged as you read through this year’s edition of Flint & Steel. Good news is out there.

We’re only 5 million strong, but we’re a place people choose to call home. Let’s make it the best home we can.

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