The Journey Jot

Jots from a $1 travel notebook.

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‘My neighbour avoids me ... I was very unhappy’: your tales of urban loneliness

Tales of modern societal woes. 

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Is marriage outdated in Iceland?

A different lifestyle and thinking. 

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A tarnished appeal

Gold is a traditional dowry favourite in India, but the government is trying to curb its imports again. Why? 

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A Japanese AI program just wrote a short novel, and it almost won a literary prize

Keywords can get you so far! But can it truly imitate being human? 

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The Guardian view on Palmyra and Lahore: territory matters Communication and control.

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Bill Gates is backing a revolutionary waterless toilet — here’s how it works

Interesting concept...let's see where it goes! 

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 The man who helps a village through uncomfortable questions Doing good with literacy...one paperwork at a time.

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Bloody, visceral world of Montana's off-grid butchers

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Bloody, visceral world of Montana's off-grid butchers

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Google’s AI won the game Go by defying millennia of basic human instinct "AI’s potential may be in teaching humans new ways of thinking for ourselves."

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 Boston Chinese Food is So Boston I am curious, would people like the Chinese food from China if they went there?

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50 Captivating Photos Of Girls Going To School Around The World High-school graduates celebrate the last day of their classes in Moscow’s Red Square on May 25, 2011.

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50 Captivating Photos Of Girls Going To School Around The World Brazilian UN peacekeepers distribute juice and crackers to students at the Immaculate Conception School February 6, 2013 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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50 Captivating Photos Of Girls Going To School Around The World Students read outdoors at the Jigmei Gyaltsen Girls Welfare School on April 21, 2006 in Maqin County of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. The Jigmei Gyaltsen Girls Welfare School, established in 2005, was built to provide free education for impoverished female students in pasturing areas. The school currently has about 96 students and 10 teachers, teaching Tibetan, Chinese, mathematics, art and other courses.

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50 Captivating Photos Of Girls Going To School Around The World Primary School students in North Korea on May 16, 2009.

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Lee Wei Ling says her dad “would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death” Discounts intentions.

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Beautifully-Animated Infographics Designed by Eleanor Lutz - art with science...super love!