Rassegna del 12 luglio 2024

Buongiorno! Il punto del venerdì. Puntiamo sull’intelligenza. Come aumentare il QI del mondo. Semplici modi per rendere la prossima generazione più intelligente. In top questa settimana c’è l’Economist.

Uno studio su 72 paesi ha rilevato che la media IQ è aumentata di 2,2 punti un decennio tra il 1948 e il 2020. Questo straordinario cambiamento è noto come “effetto Flynn”.

Intanto in Italia siamo afflitti dai Neet. Alberto Orioli – Generazione Z, lavorare sì, ma con giudizio – Il Sole 24 Ore. Giovedì 12.

Nell’Italia di oggi il binomio giovani-lavoro significa avere una diversa percezione dell’idea di futuro.

I giovani, si dedicano di più a un presente iterativo come fossero altrettanti surfisti della vita. È la reazione al modello studio-lavoro-pensione che è saltato. I giovani danno un valore al tempo diverso da quello conosciuto finora, il motto di Benjamin Franklin è rovesciato: «Il denaro è il tempo».

“Rompi la tua serie di secondi classificati al lavoro. Eri così vicino. Come andare avanti e cogliere la prossima opportunità” Un divertente articolo sul Wall Street Journal sezione Work & Life “Break Your Runner-Up Streak at Work.

You were so close. How to move on—and get the next opportunity. Questo fine settimana riflettori accesi sul Washington Post.

Editoriale sulla salute dei lavoratori nei paesi del mondo nell’edizione Nord Europa del quotidiano americano.

E poi una notizia top. Proposta per la prima volta negli Stati Uniti dall’amministrazione Biden una norma per la sicurezza dei lavoratori contro il caldo.

“On any given day in the warmest months, millions of workers nationwide labor in heat that is increasingly hazardous to their health. Last week, the Biden administration proposed a rule that, for the first time, would protect such workers, whether their jobs are indoors or outdoors. The proposal sets out two heat index triggers that would apply nationally. One, at 80 degrees, would require employers to offer drinking water, rest breaks as needed and a plan for new workers to gradually increase their workload so their bodies adjust to the temperature. More protections would kick in at 90 degrees, including monitoring for signs of heat illness and mandatory 15-minute breaks every two hours. The proposal is more than two years in the making and won’t become final until at least 2026. Yet it is already facing stiff resistance. Employers in industries from agriculture to construction, tourism and oil and gas extraction have argued that it’s unnecessary and could hurt their competitiveness. It is likely to encounter major obstacles, including the near-certainty that it would be abandoned if Donald Trump were to win the presidency in November. But if the rule takes effect, data analyzed by The Washington Post shows that it could be transformative for workers — especially in the South.

The region’s punishing heat and humidity have long been a workplace hazard. Although Texas and California accounted for a quarter of all heat-related workplace fatalities from 2000 to 2010, workers in Southern states face the most lethal threat when the size of worker populations is taken into account. Mississippi, Arkansas, Nevada, West Virginia, and South Carolina had the highest rates of heat-related deaths on the job during that period.

Southern states are highly dependent on agriculture and home-building — the two jobs where workers face the most risk from heat — and with low rates of union membership, working-class laborers have little power to demand protection. Factor in the effects of climate change — more-frequent heat waves and extreme temperatures — and the future of work in these states is increasingly dangerous.

Heat index data goes beyond temperature to factor in humidity, which can intensify the impact of hot days. Such data reveals that parts of Texas, Louisiana, Florida, California and Arizona are already so hot, they would trigger the rule’s most strenuous requirements for at least four months of the year. Those are the most extreme cases, but the measure would have a much broader impact.

The U.S. has a plan to protect workers from heat. Employers are fighting it.

A Post analysis finds that 500,000 agricultural workers and 4.3 million construction workers nationwide could benefit from the OSHA proposal, which faces industry opposition.

By Anna Phillips, Nicolás Rivero and Niko Kommenda”

Concludiamo con l’Internazionale. Settegiorni in Europa

Cosa fa l’Europa per proteggere chi svela i segreti dei potenti sull’Internazionale.

Da Julian Assange a Edward Snowden, fino a Chelsea Manning: i whistleblower (informatori) denunciano uno scandalo o un illecito all’interno delle aziende e delle istituzioni per cui lavorano. 

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