🌎When Insurance Is Under Water

Welcome to the week.

It’s Canadian Thanksgiving, so I’m currently eating my weight in mashed potatoes, but the news must go on!

Let’s go.

This week:

• 🌊Sea level adaptation

• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Caregiving economics

• 🍫Chocolate and deforestation

•  🤖AI ROI

• And more

Have a great week,

— Willow

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New Shit Giver Sarah is here because “I hope this doesn't sound too selfish, but one reason I'm here is because I like to learn. I read to learn. I'm a voracious reader, so I read all kinds of things all day long - articles, books, journals, etc.

I didn't lose anyone to COVID. I didn't lose my insurance to fire or flood risk. I'm not a farmworker or a third-grade teacher, and I definitely don't manage an endowment.

However, I'm a Christian and a college student majoring in mathematics, and I'd love to use my knowledge in Christianity and mathematics to give back to the community somehow. Some problems I want to learn about (and help solve) are making insurance accessible for anyone who needs it, natural disasters (like tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes), providing mathematics education (showing people all the reasons to love mathematics, that math isn't some scary monster, and ways it gets applied to the real world), taking care of our environment, and AI ethics.

Anyway, I'm glad to be here, and I hope I can fit in well with this community!“

I loved this answer so much that I had to post the whole thing. I think you will fit in great, welcome Sarah!

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