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The researchers call it a “competence downshift.”
Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.
Most captive elephants are kept under immensely cruel conditions. In Myanmar, they’re treated differently.
According to a new study, there are 4 different types of loneliness.
As Facebook and YouTube move to moderate anti-vaccination content, Amazon has given no indication that it plans to do the same.
Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.
A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant “corporate death sentences.”
The fierce debate over participation trophies ignores a crucial fact: Children aren’t idiots.
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
Finland and the U.S. have chosen opposing answers to the question of how much standardized testing is too much.
The key to Finland’s success is to view education not as a privilege, but a right.
Millennials, engage! It’s the reason you keep losing to baby boomers.
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U.S. laws regulating online speech offer broad protections for private companies, but experts worry free expression may be threatened by “better safe than sorry” voluntary censorship.
Eric Weinstein suggests institutions need individuals who can pass two famous psychological tests.
Philosophers and practical ethicists might gain something from considering the Overton window of political possibilities.
Throughout his career, the famous philosopher has been trying to correct people’s misconceptions about anarchy. Here’s some of his thinking.
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Economic “degrowth” may be difficult to achieve, but a “prosperous descent” is possible.
The Israeli historian has plenty to say.
None of these steps are quick or easy, but practice and online courses can help.
Oppression causes many people to run for the hills. Literally.
A new study out of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville traces a disturbing correlation.
This is the most talked about Big Think video of 2018! What’s your take?
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Why one Italian bank is counting on wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano as collateral.
American society is in trouble if we let fundamental disagreements cancel entire relationships.
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Was it a real thing? And the Wise Men? Or are they just myths?
The most powerful editors in the world? Algorithms.
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Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?
Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.
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When it comes to the workplace, more diversity means more money.
Eboo Patel explains how America’s political philosophy broke the democratic mold.
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