Drawing from both personal experience and academic research, Dr. Henderson will discuss his upbringing in foster care, the challenges of childhood instability, and the role of social class in shaping identity, outlook, and opportunity. In addition, he introduces the concept of "luxury beliefs," which critiques how affluent individuals often…

Liberal democracies rely on truth-seeking institutions insulated from, or capable of rising above, partisan politics: science, universities, and serious journalism. Each were politicized and degraded under Covid. Based on their forthcoming book, In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us (Princeton University Press…

Liberal democracies rely on truth-seeking institutions insulated from, or capable of rising above, partisan politics: science, universities, and serious journalism. Each were politicized and degraded under Covid. Based on their forthcoming book, In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us (Princeton University Press…

Is the current wave of concern about smartphones and social media just another moral panic, like the ones that arose in response to radio, television, and comic books? Or is the new "phone-based childhood" interfering with human development in an unprecedented way? In The Anxious Generation, Professor Jonathan Haidt focused…