"But while no one can deny that the founders were brilliant political architects, no one should mistake them for champions of democracy in any modern sense, either," writes J.M. Opal, McGill University (Nov. 6th, 2019)
Nearly 7 million people have seen this. Do you believe what Obama says? (Nov. 6th, 2019)
"Imagine if we turned to LeBron James, a truly great basketball player, to get advice on how best to deal with global warming. LeBron is a smart guy, but no one would expect him to have special insights into dealing with global warming, in spite of his incredible skills on the basketball court. In the same vein, why would anyone think that Zuckerberg would know or care about how Facebook should be run in a way that protects democracy?" writes Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C. (Nov. 6th, 2019)
"Websites and apps make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, for most people to say no to aggressive surveillance and data collection practices. In my role as a scholar of human-computer interaction," writes Jen King, Stanford University (Nov 6th, 2019)
"...when you send off a cheek swab to one of the private genome companies, you may sacrifice not just your own privacy but that of your family and your ancestors," writes Norman A. Paradis, Dartmouth College (Nov. 6th, 2019)
"The masterful economist and shrewd British Statesman, John Maynard Keynes, once remarked: 'Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.' One didn’t need to look further than many of the day’s political capitals to witness politicians in the very shackles that Keynes alluded to," writes Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief of iDose (Oct. 30th, 2019)
"Allowing doctors not to accept..." writes Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto and Emergency Physician at University Health Network (Oct. 30th, 2019)
"What do you think is the most frequent complaint when people seek therapy? In my experience, it is a variant of 'I feel bad, and I want to feel better'," writes Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada (Oct 30th, 2019)
"Entrepreneurship is an area where the myths and realities of the American meritocracy come to a head. In the U.S., women own 39 percent of all privately owned businesses but receive only around 4 percent of venture capital funding. Put another way, male-led ventures receive 96 percent of all funding," writes Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Brown University (Oct. 30th, 2019)