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A historical adventure

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On seeing without being seen

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[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which U.S. adults are more likely to agree with the Republicans’ economic platform than the Democrats’ : 40

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By which they are more likely to agree with the Republicans’ criminal justice platform : 33

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With their foreign policy platform : 12

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Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to support Ukraine joining NATO : 70

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Portion of Americans who oppose sending U.S. troops to Ukraine : 3/5

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Percentage increase since 2000 in the number of online headlines denoting fear : 150

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Minimum portion of Americans who try not to read, watch, or listen to the news : 2/5

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Factor by which the average cost of a home in the United States is higher than the average salary : 8

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Percentage increase over the past year in the rejection rate of U.S. loan applicants : 22

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Portion of renters who think the rental market has a negative effect on their career progression : 7/10

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Who think it has negatively affected their life plans : 9/10

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Percentage of Americans whose decision to move in with a partner was influenced by money : 47

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Percentage of Gen Z-ers and millennials who say they regret moving in with a romantic partner : 42

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Who say that moving in with a romantic partner too early has led to a breakup : 1/3

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Portion of Gen Z-ers and millennials who are encouraged by friends to overspend : 1/3

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Who say it’s important that their friends earn as much as they do : 3/10

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Percentage of millennials who have taken on debt because of a friend : 88

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Percentage of Americans who believe that a four-year college degree is not worth the cost : 56

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Portion of all U.S. student-loan debt that is held by women : 2/3

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Number of years by which it takes a woman, on average, longer than it takes a man to pay off student loans : 2

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Percentage change since 2004 in Google searches questioning one’s sexuality and gender : +1,300

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Percentage of people who can accurately identify straight men by the sound of their voice : 46

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Who can do so for gay men : 39

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Percentage of cases in which AI is able to successfully determine a person’s sexual orientation : 83

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Minimum amount that consumers have spent on AI romantic partners : $60,000,000

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Percentage of Americans who know how their parents met : 63

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Who think it’s easier to meet a romantic partner today than it was when their parents met : 15

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Who think it’s harder : 46

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Percentage of patients who received Botox last year who were younger than 35 : 27

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Percentage by which the number of Americans seeking mental health treatment has increased over the past two decades : 154

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Percentage by which exercise has been found more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in treating anxiety : 14

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Percentage change since 2002 in the number of Americans who consider community activities very important : +72

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Percentage of U.S. adults who think intelligent life will be discovered on another planet in the next fifty years : 40

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Who think the United States will wage war in space in the next fifty years : 44

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Who think space tourism will be routine in the next fifty years : 55

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Who would be interested in orbiting Earth themselves : 35

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Percentage by which men are more likely than women to say this : 84

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Elisabeth Bieri, 1907, a graphite pencil and crayon drawing by Adolf Wölfli, whose work is currently on view as part of the exhibition Creating Connections: Self-Taught Artists in the Rosenthal Collection, at the Cincinnati Art Museum through October 8.

Courtesy Cincinnati Art Museum. Collection of Richard Rosenthal

Là où je suis passé, celui qui passe sera recouvert des terres I (serie II), a painting by Hilary Balu, whose work was on view last weekend with Stems Gallery at the Armory Show in New York City.

Little Fireworks, a painting by Inka Essenhigh whose work is on view through September 4 at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, Colorado.

"Dive, Makaha," 1964, by LeRoy Grannis, whose work is featured in the online photo exhibition Pilgrimage to the Sun. Selected works are on view through August 31 at M+B in Los Angeles.

Courtesy the artist and M+B, Los Angeles

Nuestra Historia Series, a lithograph by Juana Estrada Hernández, whose work is on view as part of the exhibition New Voices: On Transformation through August 25 at Print Center New York.

Percentage by which U.S. adults are more likely to agree with the Republicans’ economic platform than the Democrats’ : 40

By which they are more likely to agree with the Republicans’ criminal justice platform : 33

With their foreign policy platform : 12

Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to support Ukraine joining NATO : 70

Portion of Americans who oppose sending U.S. troops to Ukraine : 3/5

Percentage increase since 2000 in the number of online headlines denoting fear : 150

Minimum portion of Americans who try not to read, watch, or listen to the news : 2/5

Factor by which the average cost of a home in the United States is higher than the average salary : 8

Percentage increase over the past year in the rejection rate of U.S. loan applicants : 22

Portion of renters who think the rental market has a negative effect on their career progression : 7/10

Who think it has negatively affected their life plans : 9/10

Percentage of Americans whose decision to move in with a partner was influenced by money : 47

Percentage of Gen Z-ers and millennials who say they regret moving in with a romantic partner : 42

Who say that moving in with a romantic partner too early has led to a breakup : 1/3

Portion of Gen Z-ers and millennials who are encouraged by friends to overspend : 1/3

Who say it’s important that their friends earn as much as they do : 3/10

Percentage of millennials who have taken on debt because of a friend : 88

Percentage of Americans who believe that a four-year college degree is not worth the cost : 56

Portion of all U.S. student-loan debt that is held by women : 2/3

Number of years by which it takes a woman, on average, longer than it takes a man to pay off student loans : 2

Percentage change since 2004 in Google searches questioning one’s sexuality and gender : +1,300

Percentage of people who can accurately identify straight men by the sound of their voice : 46

Who can do so for gay men : 39

Percentage of cases in which AI is able to successfully determine a person’s sexual orientation : 83

Minimum amount that consumers have spent on AI romantic partners : $60,000,000

Percentage of Americans who know how their parents met : 63

Who think it’s easier to meet a romantic partner today than it was when their parents met : 15

Who think it’s harder : 46

Percentage of patients who received Botox last year who were younger than 35 : 27

Percentage by which the number of Americans seeking mental health treatment has increased over the past two decades : 154

Percentage by which exercise has been found more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy in treating anxiety : 14

Percentage change since 2002 in the number of Americans who consider community activities very important : +72

In the number of Americans who consider religion very important : −11

Percentage of Democrats who believe in the devil : 44

Who believe in angels : 60

Percentage of U.S. adults who think intelligent life will be discovered on another planet in the next fifty years : 40

Who think the United States will wage war in space in the next fifty years : 44

Who think space tourism will be routine in the next fifty years : 55

Who would be interested in orbiting Earth themselves : 35

Percentage by which men are more likely than women to say this : 84

September 19, 2023

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SARS was found in tears.

A psycholinguistic analysis of posts on Twitter and Weibo during COVID-19 lockdowns found that residents of Lombardy grew increasingly focused on leisure and residents of Wuhan grew increasingly focused on religion.

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Falling levels of tourist trash during pandemic lockdowns was found to have caused rat infighting, and macaques were reported to have attacked a lab assistant in Delhi and stolen vials of COVID-19-infected blood, which at least one monkey then tried to eat.