Articles

• Loriann Oberlin of Psychology Today argues that mental fitness requires adopting these four habits.

• Best-selling Christian writer Randy Alcorn released a recent article “What You Read Builds Who You Are.” Check it out here.

• Overworking under-delivers. Read more about why.

• A prominent Gen Z writer made waves with her article arguing that the decline of religion has led to the worship of the self.

• Jean Twenge wrote another excellent article investigating how the mental health epidemic has affected various social groups.

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• “I’ve looked on with a kind of dismay as elite university dynamics have spread across national life and politics, making America worse in all sorts of ways.” That’s a snippet from David Brooks latest article “The Sins of The Educated Class.” (The Atlantic)

• Harvard Management Professor Arthur Brooks offers insight into taking and receiving criticism in his latest article.

  Data

• 40% of college students drop out, never earning a degree. (Study)

• The median black American household earns more ($48,297) than the median UK household (£35,000 = $44,450).

• Various Jihadist groups have murdered over 62,000 Nigerian Christians since 2000. (Source: Genocide Watch)

• Between 2017 and 2023, the number of adults aged 18-29 in the U.S. with depression roughly doubled from 13% to 25%. (source).

• Tik Tok Users who regularly engage with content related to appearance and eating are more likely to exhibit symptoms of eating disorders. (Study)