One of the Best Prevail Speeches Ever
One of the most remarkable memes for The Prevail Project recently is expressed in, of all sources, The Good Place — the widely acclaimed, award-winning American television series broadcast by […]
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The new ‘Story Wars’: In this campaign, the Pessimists Party is battling the Optimists over the American self-concept
By Joel Garreau Optimism and pessimism about the future is the new political divide. It is the defining political conflict of the 21st century. Optimists and pessimists about the future […]
Of Miracles & Monoliths
Humans. What defines us a species on this planet? To be fair, there’s really no one right answer. Love, friendship, law, government, war…answering with any or all of the above […]
DARPA Is Developing Tiny Implants That Trigger Self-Healing
What do you think? Are big Pharmaceuticals going to let this little neuromodulatory device break into their market – the human body and mind? Would you be more likely to […]
Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: How Super Bananas may Just Save the Starving and the Overweight
Vitamin A has long been recognized as a major contributing factor to healthy skin and staving off infectious diseases – but can it cure type 2 diabetes? Can bio-engineered super […]
Amy Purdy May Feel “Only Human,” but Clearly She is So Much More
It’s not every day you see a piece about dance that includes the phrases: * ” ‘We have Wonder Woman in this room, I’m telling you!’ gushed Bruno Tonioli, one […]
Eat Your Carrots: How DARPA and the U.S. Military are Prevailing on Behalf of Soldiers’ Mental Health Care
I’ve got to tell you – when I hear “DARPA” and “US Military” in the same sentence, I tend to think two things: 1) Well, this is going to involve […]
Why Decline to Accept the End of Man?
There are at least two clearly distinct ways of interpreting the word “end” in William Faulkner’s statement “I decline to accept the end of man.” “End” could mean something like […]
Six reasons why firefighters are the most respected profession, and what this means for politics
Science policy scholars huddled in brownstone buildings, occasionally on the verge of hyperventilation, frequently express disbelief that firemen are more admired and respected than professional scientists, especially in the United […]
Celebrating the Independence of Rip Van Winkle
Independence Day celebrates the discord of jangling souls with dissonant convictions airing a racket of reasons in the tumultuous din of democratic fora. It isn’t discord per se that is […]