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How we saw the world

This week news about elections in Britain and France rumbled on, as did Joe Biden’s unsteady presidential campaign. But we decided to step back and focus on an issue in which a little effort could do a vast amount of good. This is the quest to help young brains reach their potential.

How to raise the world’s IQ

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