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Peter Biles
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April 18, 2024
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Remote Work: Liberation or a Major Step Back?

Feeling disconnected or undervalued can lead to quiet quitting, data shows
Peter Biles
April 18, 2024
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Articles and studies abound on the viability of remote work, particularly following the mass transformation of the white-collar workplace after 2020. While millennials and Gen-Z workers, fresh out of college, fled metro areas and moved online, whole office spaces found themselves empty. Office real estate workers continue to struggle leasing out their spaces to businesses, since so many employers now have a remote or hybrid work schedule. It is difficult to reach a conclusive stance on the pros and cons of remote work by reading the dozens of articles on the topic. Opinions vary so widely. Some praise the new shift towards remote work as a revolutionary step in the workforce. Others note that remote work is actually a step Read More ›

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The little kid is sitting alone on the sofa and looking in his phone
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March 18, 2024
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Moving Life Online is Making Us Depressed

The phone-based childhood robs kids developmentally, says Jonathan Haidt
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March 18, 2024
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Social Media
The data seems to point essentially to one thing: the shift to living our lives online. Read More ›
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Discarded face mask lying in a city street
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 4, 2024
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Being a Good Scientist Doesn’t Mean Being an Effective Leader

Francis Collins admits that they botched the COVID-19 response.
Wesley J. Smith
January 4, 2024
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Science
Collins’s recent admissions and overarching career illustrate why we should resist the current push to impose a regime of rule by experts. Read More ›
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Hurricane Katrina heading towards New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005 - Elements of this image furnished by NASA
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September 17, 2023
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Niall Ferguson on the “Politics of Catastrophe”

How can we better respond when disaster strikes?
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September 17, 2023
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In today’s featured video, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards interviews Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow of Hoover Institution and author of “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe,” about the history of disasters and how we should think about them. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) COSM is an exclusive national summit on the technologies remaking the world as we know it. The mission of the conference is to stimulate debate and deliberation amongst industry leaders, illuminating the synergy between Seattle and the world and providing a scene of civilized conversation and exchange. (REGISTER NOW FOR COSM 2023) We’ve been sharing a number of lectures from past COSM conferences. This video is just one of many you can find at the Bradley Center’s YouTube page. Read More ›

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Nuclear war concept. Explosion of nuclear bomb. Creative artwork decoration in dark.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 25, 2023
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What Oppenheimer Teaches Us About Today’s Cultural Moment

Let us hope we have the wisdom to take heed of the messages the movie communicates.
Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2023
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Arts & Culture
No one gained from Oppenheimer’s fall. Not only was the scientist’s career destroyed and life ruined, but also the country was deprived of benefiting from his intelligence. Read More ›
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Conceptual drawing of room temperature superconductivity, 3D rendering of suspended iron cubes
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Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
Date
August 10, 2023
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Science
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The LK-99 BS Further Undermines the Credibility of Science

The rejection or distortion of genuine science can have tragic consequences
Gary Smith and Jeffrey Funk
August 10, 2023
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Science
Science has enriched our lives enormously. Publicity stunts like this superconductor fiasco will not help. Read More ›
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Group of asian creative team programing designers participate in all phases of the UX design.
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Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
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July 21, 2023
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Technology
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Using Data Like a Drunk Uses a Lamppost

Startup companies can be tempted to use statistics for support instead of real illumination
Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith
July 21, 2023
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Technology
Karl Pearson, the great English mathematician and statistician, wrote, “Statistics is the grammar of science.” But it can be used to mislead, too. Read More ›