sociology
Lawmen and outlaws were often the same people.
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
There is a strong case to be made that the China has moved too slowly to reverse the effects of its one-child policy.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
Computerized, job-focused learning undercuts the true value of higher education. Liberal arts should be our model for the future.
When boredom creeps in, many of us turn to social media. But that may be preventing us from reaching a transformative level of boredom.
We might be dining on insect-based Christmas pies with robot-harvested algae on the side.
For college students, it’s the early afternoon.
Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the “orbital perspective.”
We all see beauty the same way.
Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet.”
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.
Between the instability of the real estate market and cryptocurrency fluctuations, everyone has been talking about bubbles. But what are they, really?
There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
The findings contradict a widespread belief.
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.
You want your baby’s name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
They believe in meritocracy, yet leave their kids massive wealth.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
Many Americans aren’t rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Satanic cultists don’t even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
The media is deliberately pushing your buttons.
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
The world has improved in mind-blowing ways.