The Global Spectrum: How the World Decides Which Autistic Traits Are Genius and Which Get You Fired ZURICH—On the same Tuesday that a Swiss asset-management firm discreetly hired a 24-year-old Kazakh “pattern savant” to spot algorithmic glitches, a Cambodian garment factory quietly fired a 34-year-old seamstress for “excessive rocking.” Both women carry the same formal…
Eswatini: The Last Absolute Monarchy That Forgot to Update Its Marketing Strategy By Dave’s Locker International Desk Mbabane—Tucked between South Africa and Mozambique like a polite afterthought, Eswatini (née Swaziland) is the world’s last absolute monarchy whose ruler still insists on calling himself “Ingwenyama” instead of the far sexier “Supreme Leader” or “Emperor of Vibes.”…
Double Jeopardy: The World’s Favorite Get-Out-of-Jail Card By M. Sardonique, Senior Correspondent for Dave’s Locker The phrase “double jeopardy” sounds like a misguided game show—two rounds of misery for the price of one—but in the legal world it’s the velvet rope that keeps prosecutors from hammering the same defendant until the jury finally stops sleeping….
