Political correctness pumps up productivity on the job

Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – Political correctness, loathed by some as censorship awash in leftist philosophy, actually boosts the creativity of mixed-sex work teams, according to new research published in Administrative Science Quarterly. “Our work challenges the widespread assumption that true creativity requires a kind of anarchy in which people are permitted to speak their minds, whatever the consequence,” said Jack Goncalo associate professor of Organizational Behavior at the Cornell ILR School and lead author of the study. MORE

AT&T Stops Using ‘Perma-Cookies,’(may start again)

AT&T says it has stopped using a controversial mobile technology that could be misused by advertising networks to track online users regardless of their wishes. Until last week, the company had been inserting a unique identifier in web traffic sent by phones and other devices on its wireless network. It was doing this as part of a test program, which has now been stopped, says Emily Edmonds, an AT&T spokeswoman. News of this change was first reported by Pro Publica. Privacy advocates hate these unique identifiers, which are also used by Verizon, because there’s no way to turn them off. That means that they can be used by advertising networks to circumvent privacy tools such as do-not-track lists or private browsing settings.MORE

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