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For 30 years, Donald Lau has been the “Chief Fortune Writer” at Wonton Foods, a manufacturer that touts itself to be one of the world’s largest producers of fortune cookies. But now, Lau is leaving his position following a long bout of writer’s block. “I used to write 100 a year, but I’ve only written two or three a month over the past year,” Lau recently explained to Time.

Socially diverse groups — made up of people from different races, ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations — tend to be more innovative than homogeneous groups. “Simply interacting with individuals who are different forces group members to prepare better, to anticipate alternative viewpoints, and to expect that reaching consensus will take effort,” sums up Scientific American.

The publication recently republished a 2014 report on how diversity is essential for scientific advancement and creativity.

Sweden's six hour work day experiment

175 people died by terrorism attacks [in western Europe] last year. In 2004 196 people were killed. In that year 191 people died in the attacks in Madrid. 1988 was the most violent year in Western Europe. 270 people died in the attack on the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie.

Photos of the Moral March on Raleigh

Philadelphia’s civil-rights agency slammed 11 local gay bars for failing to create a “’safe space’ for all LGBTQ people,” saying that they have instead created “preferable environments for white, cisgender male patrons. It also required the owners and employees of the 11 bars named to attend a mandatory anti-discrimination course, which include implicit bias training discussing unintentional racism and sexism.