Earth Is Greener Than Before, Job-Matching with Your Tweets, and Why Blue Means Sad
Learn about how AI and Twitter could help you find the perfect job, and how the world is actually a greener place than it was 20 years ago. We\u2019ll also answer a listener question about why we use the color \u201cblue\u201d to say we\u2019re sad.
Job-Matching with Your Tweets by Kelsey Donk
Sources:
- Robot career advisor: AI may soon be able to analyse your tweets to match you to a job | The Conversation \u2014 https://theconversation.com/robot-career-advisor-ai-may-soon-be-able-to-analyse-your-tweets-to-match-you-to-a-job-128777
- The Vocation Map (interactive) | Marian-Andrei Rizoiu \u2014 http://www.rizoiu.eu/documents/research/resources/Vocation_Map_Interactive.html
- Social media-predicted personality traits and values can help match people to their ideal jobs | PNAS December 26, 2019 116 (52) 26459-26464; first published December 16, 2019 \u2014 https://www.pnas.org/content/116/52/26459
Earth Is Greener Than Before by Kelsey Donk
Sources:
- Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows | NASA \u2014 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/human-activity-in-china-and-india-dominates-the-greening-of-earth-nasa-study-shows
- China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management | Chen, C., Park, T., Wang, X. et al. China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management. Nat Sustain 2, 122\u2013129 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0220-7 \u2014 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0220-7
Story 3 by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Becky and Britni)
Sources:
- Chaucer and the Country of the Stars: Poetic Uses of Astrological Imagery \u2014 https://curiosity.im/2NOyLIB
- blue (adj.1) | Online Etymology Dictionary \u2014 https://www.etymonline.com/word/blue?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_13636
- Drunk and dirty | BBC \u2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/yoursay/lost_for_words/german/drunk_and_dirty.shtml
- Philip, Gill. (2006). Connotative Meaning in English and Italian Colour-Word Metaphors. Metaphorik. 10. \u2014 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44707159_Connotative_Meaning_in_English_and_Italian_Colour-Word_Metaphors
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