It's an article of faith: the United States needs more native-born students in science and other technical fields. The National Academies' influential Rising Above the Gathering Storm report in 2006 said the nation should "enlarge the pipeline of students who are prepared to enter college and graduate...
Bad Economy: Sharp Rise in Runaways
Over the past two years, government officials and experts have seen an increasing number of children leave home for life on the streets, including many under 13. Foreclosures, layoffs, rising food and fuel prices and inadequate supplies of low-cost housing have stretched families to the extreme, and...
To Remember is to Forget: Rethinking Memory
“Having a memory that is too accurate is not always good” [from an evolutionary standpoint] . . . Put another way, memory and imagination are two sides of the same coin. Like memory, imagination allows you to put yourself in a time and place other than the one we actually occupy. This isn’t just a...
Another Misleading Report About High School Dropouts and Income
So, below I have reproduced the take home table in a new report on the social/economic loss resulting from high school dropouts in America, and the major gains we could make if we could just get people to graduate. Of course, this argument is totally ridiculous. Among other things, it assumes the...
The Lost Generation
Only 46% of people aged 16-24 had jobs in September, the lowest since the government began counting in 194...
The Encultured Brain: Why Neuroanthropology? Why Now?
Why Neuroanthropology? Why Now?By Greg Downey and Daniel LendeNeuroanthropology also has direct implications for anthropology and neuroscience. It demonstrates the necessity of theorizing culture and human experience in ways that are not ignorant of or wholly inconsistent with discoveries about human...