Free Speech, Phones and Tim Keller
ICYMI
Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her Vice Presidential Nominee. Here are some takes on her decision.
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Articles
Chris Watkin from the Keller Center on the Christian roots of “speaking truth to power.”
Adam Grant on the ideal place to relax
A provocative essay on therapy culture’s excesses and society’s increasing selfishness.
Why the worldwide fertility crisis is not just political, but personal.
10 lessons that Leadership guru Jim Collins learned from Peter Drucker
Paywalled
Arthur Brooks lays out Dostoyevsky’s 5 principles for a meaningful life. (The Atlantic)
28 Christian Athletes to cheer on at the Olympics, and the top Christian highlights so far at this year’s games. (Christianity Today)
The data behind gender polarization in American politics. (WSJ)
Christine Emba believes Americans aren’t having kids anymore because there is a crisis of meaning. (The Atlantic)
Ross Douthat explores whether the Cultural Left can be happy without God or history. (NYT)
Data
College Students & Free Speech
Sixty-three percent of college students believe professors should be required to make statements in support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a condition of employment. (source)
Forty-six percent agree that opinions they find offensive from fellow students should be reported to administrators. (source)
For the first time in US history, people have decided that they want less education—because costs of learning now outweigh perceived benefits.
Phones
The average person spends 4 hours and 37 minutes on their phone every day. That's the equivalent of over 1 day per week or 6 days per month. Across a year, that's approximately 70 days spent looking at a phone. (source)
4 out of 10 Americans, and the majority of those under 30 say they are on their phone “almost constantly.” (source)
In a recent survey, 47% of parents said their teenager is addicted to their phone. (source)
Kids
In Madrid, there are more cats and dogs than children under 10.
In 2023, the total fertility rate (the average number of children a woman expects to have in her lifetime) was 1.62, the lowest on record and well below the replacement rate of 2.1.
A 2010 study showed that American adoptive parents were 30 percent more likely to prefer girls than boys and were willing to pay $16,000 more in finalization costs to ensure a daughter
It is estimated that 70% of wealthy families will lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% will lose it by the third. (source)
