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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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  • How Teachers Are Doing Violence to Books

    How Teachers Are Doing Violence to Books0

    My friend’s daughter attends a local school with a classical curriculum, where they are now reading Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Many people would hear this and immediately laud the school for its rigor and devotion to the Great Books. But predictably, as my friend’s daughter told me, the teacher is guiding students through the text

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  • How Tall Is Michael Bloomberg, Really?

    How Tall Is Michael Bloomberg, Really?0

    He’s 5’5″, or I’ll eat my hat. President Donald Trump recently mocked Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg as “a 5’4” mass of dead energy.” Immediately, the mainstream press and tech companies were out playing defense for the diminutive billionaire founder of Bloomberg LP and former mayor of New York City. A National Public Radio host

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  • How Summer Camps and Scout Groups Turn Kids into Citizens

    How Summer Camps and Scout Groups Turn Kids into Citizens0

    The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has both proud supporters and critics of its policies on religious beliefs and sexuality. But for more than a century, the organisation has performed a distinct and vital social function. The BSA and other youth-camping associations developed in the early 20th century. They came to exist primarily as a

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