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The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1704+ words) The laptop class is moving left -- but not out of economic desperation." The heyday of the "high-skill" worker is ending. As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose…...
What should you be teaching your kids right now to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market?
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (1156+ words) The best educational choice you can make for your child might not focus on your child at all. I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question that stops me in…...
The secret to successful conversations with strangers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (866+ words) How to turn new people into new friends. You may generally disregard unfamiliar faces as background characters in the movie that is your life, but almost everyone you care about was once a stranger. Aside from the people who have…...
Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (768+ words) How to think about what's best for your child " and for all the other children, too. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism…...
Julia Sullivan Profile and Activity | Vox
3+ week, 4+ day ago (172+ words) Julia Sullivan Profile and Activity'Vox The context you need, when you need it We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? Julia Sullivan is a freelance journalist…...
Reckoning with America's Next Top Model
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1268+ words) Tyra Banks is not the only villain. More than 20 years after the show first aired, viewers have found many elements of the show did not age well. In that time, our standards around reality television have surely changed. So, should…...
The Supreme Court will decide whether to turn teachers into informants against their students
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (916+ words) Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether the Constitution requires public schools to out transgender students to their parents, even when those students inform…...
Brazil vs. US: Two insurrections, different results
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (244+ words) January 6, 2021 vs. January 8, 2023 On January 8, 2023, thousands of supporters of Brazil's right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings in the country's capital. Their goal? Overthrow the results of an election they claimed was rigged, despite no credible evidence of fraud....
One of the hottest therapy styles is scientifically shaky " so why does it seem to work?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (199+ words) Why everyone is obsessed with Internal Family Systems, even though its claims are dubious. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism " the idea…...
Could lab monkeys soon become a thing of the past?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (623+ words) The Trump administration might actually " yes, really " change science for the better." The Trump administration's scientific agenda has been widely characterized " rightly so " as a war on scientific progress. But, hear me out here: There is more to the story....