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Standing amid the rubble left behind by the now defeated ISIS terrorists in the Iraqi city of Mosul, Pope Francis on Saturday declared hope to be "more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war."

Midway through a podcast, a high-energy commercial chirps out all the advantages of using a particular learning system for languages. They are familiar: Babbel can get you conversing in just three weeks, it teaches you phrases you’ll actually use in the real world, lessons are designed to help you remember. Then a less familiar selling point: “Other learning apps use AI for their lesson plans, by Babbel lessons were created by over 100 language experts.” The company magazine website explains further, “Babbel’s lessons aren’t the result of an algorithm or computer program; they’re designed by real humans.

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Product manager might be one of the most grey roles within a startup. However, as a company progresses and the team grows, there comes a time when a founder needs to carve out dedicated roles. Of these positions, product management might be one of the most elusive — and key — roles to fill. Ken Norton, who recently left his job as director of product at Figma to consult rising PMs, thinks it’s easier to start with defining what they aren’t: the CEO of the product. “Product managers need to realize that there is a lot of janitorial work that gets done in product management,” he said.