What Would Success Look Like in American Education?

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You can't solve problems if you don't have a shared vision of what a solution would look like. This essay tries to imagine a goal for our educational system that we could all work toward.

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The False Economic Promise of Populism: A Conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld

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An interview with one of the more prominent voices in the pro-democracy movement, Rachel Kleinfeld, talking about the origins of the populist rebellion against democratic institutions.

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‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’: U.S. Officials Warn of Increased Cyberthreats

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The possibility of serious cyber attacks launched against the United States' critical information systems is not a hypothetical possibility. It's an ongoing reality.

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The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers

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A must-read article about the "middle managers" whose conflict-handling expertise enables our society to function.

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The Taliban Have Restored Barbarism to Afghanistan

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An update on what life in Afghanistan is like, now that the Taliban have returned and US efforts to transform the country have failed (and a reminder of how bad things can get).

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Adversarial Collaboration: An EDGE Lecture by Daniel Kahneman

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A lecture by the late Daniel Kahneman describing adversarial collaboration – what it is and how it works.

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What We Lose if We Let Putin Win

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A reminder of the the enormity of the geopolitical ramifications surrounding the war in Ukraine and the danger of thinking that isolationism will insulate us from those ramifications.

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Can Ukraine Find New Soldiers Without Decimating a Whole Generation?

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A startling look at the demographic impact impact of the war on the Ukrainian population -- the disappearing cohort of young men.

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