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This is what debate looks like in the Age of Twitter 0
- Education
- June 24, 2016
Last year, my colleague Daniel Lattier wrote an article that touched on the breakdown of rational debate in our culture. He noted that, frustratingly, the most important issues of our time are often the most difficult to discuss rationally. The reason for this is that people are often approaching topics with very different premises. The
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How Bonhoeffer Dealt with the Despair of World Chaos 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2016
Recent years have seen an interesting trend taking place amongst Americans: they’re less optimistic about the future. In fact, an international survey in 2014 found that only 29 percent of Americans believed their life would be better than that of their parents. This same sentiment was held by the young people in many other western
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Birth Rates Increased in Schools That Gave Out Condoms 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2016
When I was an undergraduate, I recall a few of my roommates going to the campus health department and returning with (literally) a garbage bag full of condoms. (No one in our house was exactly a Casanova, but hey – they were free.) That was nearly 20 years ago. Today the discussion has changed. Earlier
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Why Are So Few Millennials Entrepreneurs?0
- Culture
- June 23, 2016
There’s a popular trope right now that a ton of young people are founders and entrepreneurs. Thanks to a handful of young founders with a disproportionate impact (ala Mark Zuckerberg) and cultural figures like HBO’s Silicon Valley, you can easily trick yourself into believing that entrepreneurship is all the craze among young people. Hacker meetups, entrepreneurship clubs
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Why Do U.S. Schools Focus So Much on Self-Esteem?0
- Education
- June 23, 2016
When it comes to education, the U.S. system isn’t the one countries look to as a model to emulate. At least they shouldn’t, considering that the U.S. places 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math in international matchups. But according to The Atlantic, there is one country that is doing well in
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Australia’s Gun Control ‘Success’ Story 0
- Education
- June 23, 2016
Australia’s gun control law is a great success, if you haven’t heard. I learned this from a dozen memes that appeared in my Facebook news feed, a conversation with my neighbor, and a slew of media stories. This NBC story, for example, was published as I started writing this story. It features a John Hopkins
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