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  • How the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Are Driving Society’s Civic Decline

    How the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Are Driving Society’s Civic Decline1

    Polling in the U.S. reveals an all-time high of those who identify as religious “nones,” individuals who claim no allegiance to any faith. Many of the “nones” are part of a growing group of Americans who declare they are “spiritual but not religious.” And many in this group fall into the millennial age group or younger

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  • How the ‘New Math’ is Ruining Education

    How the ‘New Math’ is Ruining Education0

    By now, you’ve probably seen some of the complaints on the internet about the “new math” being promoted by the Common Core Standards. Many grade-school children—including, for instance, comedian Louis CK’s children—have come home with math homework that is virtually indecipherable to their parents. The goal behind the new math, it seems, is to encourage

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  • How Tetris Reveals the Stunning Power of the Human Brain

    How Tetris Reveals the Stunning Power of the Human Brain0

    We know the human brain is more complex than the world’s most powerful computers. The most recent attempt to use a supercomputer to simulate the activity of a human brain showed that it took 40 minutes to process the data of a single second of brainwaves. Still, it’s often difficult to see the amazing powers

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  • How Technology Frees and then Enslaves

    How Technology Frees and then Enslaves0

    Arguably since Francis Bacon in the 16th century, the idea that science and technology can conquer nature and even give man a sort of utopian existence has grown more pervasive. But for all of our technological progress, are we any closer to such a life of freedom and bliss? There can be no doubt that

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  • How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More

    How Technical Education Helps Male Students Earn More0

    Job prospects for young men who only have a high school diploma are particularly bleak. They are even worse for those who have less education. When young men experience joblessness, it not only threatens their financial well-being but their overall well-being and physical health. Could a high quality and specialized technical education in high school

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  • How Teaching Philosophy Can help Combat Extremism

    How Teaching Philosophy Can help Combat Extremism0

    Young people today are constantly at risk of indoctrination – whether deliberate or inadvertent. This can be by advertisers, politicians, religious extremists or the media – and can make it hard for young people to get a handle on the world around them. But in this age of contradictory images and constant messages, I believe

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