The Intelligence: Leave your umbrella at home
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
It took more than 20 years for Hong Kong’s legislature to pass Article 23, a sweeping and troublingly ambiguous national-security law. Huge protests stymied such legislation in the past; not so anymore. National Guard troops are out in force on New York City’s subways—because they are cheaper than cops (10:11). And a personal story exploring the torment of tinnitus (15:31).
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| 0:00.0 | Here in the UK, innovation thrives and science and tech is our superpower. |
| 0:04.6 | We're the largest tech ecosystem in Europe and third in the world to have a one trillion dollar |
| 0:09.6 | tech sector valuation, home to more unicorns than Germany, France and Sweden combined, |
| 0:15.1 | there are opportunities around every corner. |
| 0:17.6 | From AI to Quantum, the UK science and tech sector is redefining the future and it's your chance to be part of it. |
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| 0:59.6 | Need to hire you need indeed Hello and welcome to the economist Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 1:18.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:23.0 | A string of incidents on New York's subway has sparked a serious response. |
| 1:32.0 | Hundreds of soldiers are now on the network helping cops. |
| 1:36.0 | We ask whether that will help matters |
| 1:37.8 | and whether such heavy-handed tactics might spread to other cities. And for most people, tinnitus that ringing sound in the ears is a temporary annoyance. |
| 1:49.0 | For others, it's a life sentence. We hear a story of longing for what the affliction takes away, the sound of nothing |
| 1:56.4 | at all. |
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