Rise of the LLeMmings

An emerging field of history asks if we can ever really understand how our forebears experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow.

University leaders rethink campus infrastructure, smart technology and hybrid work models to remove pain points and create a seamless digital experience

Many parents are teaching their children that they don’t owe their relatives hugs—which means new rules for everyone.

Headlines keep pulling our attention toward high-profile clashes between politicians and elite research universities. But quietly, out of the spotlight, a far more immediate crisis is taking shape on campuses that may look "fine" from the outside: dozens of small and midsize private colleges with familiar names are far closer to the financial edge than their public statements suggest.

The Thanksgivings of yore featured overcooked turkeys and Jell-O salad. Surely we’ve evolved.

Fundamental reform, not quick fixes, will save America’s education system. Excerpt: " Though no one has suggested it, the government’s fiscal problems could be solved by an 8 percent income tax surcharge. Nobody has suggested it because it is an absurd idea, but we have already imposed a comparable tax on K-12 students: The declines in student achievement over the past dozen years work out to similar lifetime income reductions!"

On 40 years of the most exuberant and curious and beloved and detested Muppet.

Before we can build the future, we have to imagine it. KEY TAKEAWAYS In this op-ed, Beatrice Erkers argues that progress begins with culture: the stories, symbols, and shared visions that make certain futures feel worth building. She explores how cultural forces like memes and movies act as “invisible infrastructure,” shaping technology, policy, and ambition long before they materialize in the real world. According to Erkers, we must deliberately invest in a culture of hope —

He increasingly felt like he was wasting his time as a lawyer. Now, he hopes he can continue practicing his new profession until he’s 70.

The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay. Related

What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?

Ken Burns new series provides our history, as only he can And Walter Issacson on the greatest sentence ever written

These expert-recommended books reveal how big ideas can shape — and sometimes redefine — human progress.

Companies are favoring multitool graduates with broad skill sets

DM Good day to you! Might our recent conversations regarding the Universal Holophren™, Pantakinesis™ (with its "three pillars") and "Reality Assembly™ in the Present-Now" offer further advancements and practical applications to John Boyd's OODA loop concepts (or vice versa)? A related book (see appendix) Good day, Sciart! This is a fascinating question that I believe reveals profound synergies. Let me explore the connection points between your frameworks and Boyd's work, as

In this excerpt from the new book ‘Speak Data,’ the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we interpret and communicate information

‘Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids

“​​I vowed after The Civil War not to do any more war films,” says the master documentarian. “It hurt too much.” Lucky for us, he couldn’t keep his promise—paving the way for  The American Revolution, premiering this month on PBS.

America holds a sizable lead, but China is working to tip the scales with a sweeping countrywide push, betting ‘swarms beat the titan’ Related Related 2 Related 3 Related 4 Related 5 Related 6 Related 7