Mosuo women | Wiki
Technically, Mosuo culture is matrilineal, but many anthropologists classify the Mosuo tribe as a “matriarchal society”. The Mosuo themselves sometimes use the term matriarchal to describe their culture in order to bring more tourism and interest into their culture. Mosuo culture does have characteristics of a matriarchal society, in that women are the head of the household, the property is passed down through the female line, and the women make business decisions; yet political power tends to be in the hands of males, disqualifying them from matriarchy status.
Zero rupee note | Wiki
In 2007 a non-profit organization created the zero rupee note as a means for Indians to register their refusal to participate in bribery. Closely patterned after the nation’s fifty rupee notes, these documents instead included anti-corruption slogans “Eliminate corruption at all levels” and “I promise to neither accept nor give bribe.”
These zero rupee notes were designed for use by Indian citizens who have been requested to pay bribes in order to obtain services that are legally free or who are hit with illicit surcharges on such routine government transactions as obtaining a driver’s license. Such currency devices enable the citizen to register their opposition to the illegal request in a tangible form, “paying” the official with these valueless alternative notes.
Public Attitudes Toward Technology Companies | Pew Research
Although Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see an anti-conservative bias among major technology companies, this attitude does not translate into a broader desire by Republicans for increased regulation of these companies. Just over half (57%) of Democrats and Democratic leaners think major technology companies should be regulated more heavily than they are now, but that share falls to 44% among Republicans and Republican leaners. Indeed, 12% of Republicans say these companies should be regulated less than they are currently. That view is shared by 7% of Democrats.
Role of sociality in the response of killer whales to an additive mortality event | PNAS
These findings demonstrate how the disruption of social structure in killer whales may lead to prolonged negative effects of demographic stress beyond an additive mortality event. More importantly, this study shows that sociality has a key role in the resilience of populations to human-induced mortality; this has major implications for the conservation of highly social and long-lived species.
When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes | The Atlantic
Book Review: The Secret of Our Success | Slate Star Codex
The effects of DNA databases on the deterrence and detection of offenders [PDF]
This paper studies the effects of adding criminal offenders to a DNA database. Using a large expansion of Denmark’s DNA database, we find that DNA registration reduces recidivism within the following year by as much as 43% and it also increases the probability that offenders are identified. We thereby estimate the elasticity of crime with respect to the detection probability to be -2.7, implying that a 1% higher detection probability reduces crime by more than 2%. We also find that DNA registration makes offenders more likely to find employment, enroll in education, and live in a more stable family environment.
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