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Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, researchers in clinical and applied psychology, studied students at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan on their political beliefs, asking, “Have you ever pretended to hold more progressive views than you truly endorse to succeed socially or academically? “An astounding 88 percent said yes,” Romm and Waldman report.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Hopefully they think for themselves, realize the hard work they needed to achieve and not giving people who don’t want to work everything free is not the norm
This is a good article! Not long ago, teachers at UC Berkeley were required to sign an anti communist pledge.
I’m no “Northwestern researcher”, but have plenty of interactions with college age kids. Needless to say, my research concludes that there’s no need for the smartest amongst us to continue blowing smoke up people’s behinds. Just sayin…
this is a huge part of the problem-the “us vs them” narrative implying that everything done by a political party one belongs to is good and everything done by the opposite party is bad. instead, decisions need to be made based on facts, logic and critical thinking as opposed to political lines. in some circumstances a “conservative” solution works best, in others a more “progressive” solution makes better sense.
Provide a progressive solution that makes sense? I’m genuinely curious.
Understanding how the narrative develops and propagates is critical. Some are in a better position than others to shape it.
Importantly, the message must reach the right people. What is the point of blocking traffic for your cause if the guy three cars back thinks he’s stopped because of an accident?
What’s the point in blocking traffic anyway? To “ raise awareness “? If you’re not aware of what’s happening in today’s world, to a reasonable extent anyway, then you’re probably not aware of much beyond your coffee cup and the latest rerun of a tv game show, “ Murder She Wrote “ etc. Many of us are “ aware “ but are suffering from fatigue and/ or just didn’t care that much about things that we have no control over/ don’t affect us in the first place. Now more than ever, working class people with children and elderly parents have… Read more »