Liberalism’s enduring tension between promoting progress and safeguarding freedom is visible in foreign aid, where well-intentioned experts often undermine dignity and self-determination by assuming they know best. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/the-history-of-enlightened-oppression/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #adamsmith #immanuelkant #johnstuartmill #marquisdecondorcet #liberalism #colonialism #foreignaid #hunger #sdg #development
Sovereign Australia AI - an interesting project in Australia. I've not been able to get in touch with them yet, and they're quite new, but everything on the site looks great to me.
This is the kind of thing all countries need to be supporting. #auspol #sdg #ethicalai
A decision by Japan’s $1.8 trillion pension fund, the world’s biggest, to consider a shift into impact investing has triggered a wider adjustment among the country’s money managers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/government-pension-investment-fund-impact-investing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #investments #environment #corporategovernance #sdg
Stefano Marinelli
boosted
The new demo database for GNU Health Hospital Management System 5.0 including ICD-11 is now ready in our download area 🏥 😎
#OpenScience#GNUHealth#ICD11#SocialMedicine#GNU#WHO#SDG
The new demo database for GNU Health Hospital Management System 5.0 including ICD-11 is now ready in our download area 🏥 😎
#OpenScience#GNUHealth#ICD11#SocialMedicine#GNU#WHO#SDG
Japan remains the only non-European country in the U.N.’s SDG top 20, but has lost ground on its previous ranking, according to the latest index. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/un-sdg-index/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un #sdg #sustainabledevelopmentsolutionsnetwork #survey