ESG backlash dominated headlines in 2023, but it's still 'quietly' reshaping industries behind the scenes

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For its critics, ESG might as well be a four-letter word.

It represents woke capitalism. It propels a for-profit nanny state.

The workplace is transforming because workers want good jobs, not just jobs

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Illustration part of the Transforming Business Series: A grid consisting of various working setups such as working from home, working in the office, and team video conference calls. It also includes workplace issues such as pay inequality, Unions, and Al integration.

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Ingrid Vilorio, 42, knows what it means to fight to make a job into a good job.

The digital world remade itself and now every company has become an ad seller

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Average homebuyers are beating out Wall Street landlords

Tech Insider : Economy
A homebuyer pulls the welcome mat from under a wall street investor.
Deep-pocketed investors bought lots of homes during the pandemic, drawing the ire of regular homebuyers and lawmakers. But the panic over corporate vultures obscures the real problems in the housing market.

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I've interviewed dozens of disruptive go-getters from self-made millionaires to entrepreneurs. Here are my 4 observations on what sets them apart.

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The creepy AI-driven surveillance that may be infiltrating your workplace

Tech Insider : Economy
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Can a machine tell that you're mad just by looking at your face? Do your emails give away how stressed you are? Could a computer understand your emotions better than you?

Modern Loneliness: A series exploring the loneliness epidemic

Tech Insider : Economy
A woman looks longingly out of a car window. She rests her head on her folded arms, her face obscured from the viewer. Outside, people walk by under the bright glow of city lights.

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Confessions of a startup founder's wife

Tech Insider : Technology
A man on the left writes ideas on post-it notes, while a woman on the right types on her computer.
Lately, I've been fixated on a nagging question: Would my marriage be happier if my husband's startup failed?

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Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic

Tech Insider : Politics
A scientist experiments with AI.
Researchers built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. What happened next surprised them.

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A modern etiquette guide for group chats

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A bunch of people talk into a group chat.
The group chat has become the fulcrum of civilization and its discontents. In order to survive and thrive as humans, it's time for us to agree on group-chat etiquette.

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