First it was the “Great Resignation.” Then it was “nobody wants to work anymore.” Now it’s “quiet quitting.” Yet it seems like no one wants to talk about what I see as the root cause of America’s economic malaise – work under contemporary capitalism is fundamentally flawed. As a political philosopher studying the effects of contemporary capitalism on the future […]
Creativity Doesn’t Belong to the Young, Patents Show
Some inventors continue to be productive well into their later years, although the characteristics of inventions differ by the age of the inventor, according to new research on patent filings. The study examines more than 3 million United States patents filed from 1976 to 2017 to identify certain attributes, and then analyzed them based on […]
Math Teachers in Virtual Classes Tend to View Girls and Black Students as Less Capable
The big idea In virtual classrooms, math teachers deem Black students as less capable than white students. They also view girls as less capable than boys. That’s what we found after we conducted an experiment with 1,000 teachers in schools throughout the United States. For our experiment, we had teachers evaluate student answers to various math problems. […]
What Holds Women Back from the Tech Industry? Girls Who Code Report Assesses Gender Gap
November marks exactly a decade since Girls Who Code started with a mission of closing the gender gap in the tech industry. Since its 2012 launch, the organization has served 500,000 girls, women and nonbinary young people globally.
Bias May Hinge on How White Kids View Inequality
White children who see external forces as driving inequality are less likely to show bias against Black children, research finds. White children who are exposed to larger racial inequalities in their daily lives and who see those inequalities as due to intrinsic differences between people are more likely to hold racial biases in their perceptions […]