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We Asked an Expert if Memes Could Determine the Outcome of the Presidential Election
In 2014, Indiana University received funding to start the Truthy Project, which is dedicated to studying the spread of data and why things like memes go viral. We called the professor in charge of it to discuss dank memes and their effect on the...
Writing to Live: How To Weigh the Benefits of a No-Benefits Teaching Job
Adjunct professors who dream of writing full-time have a funny tradeoff, and with no benefits and limited prospects of becoming a full-time professor, you have to strike a balance between your dreams and financial stability.
Could We Use Films to Teach People About Mental Health?
We talked to some leading psychologists who think that movie's the potential to increase society's understanding of problems like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety.
The Terrorists are Coming: Former Homeland Security Secretary Writes Bad Report on L.A. Stadium Project
There are many good reasons not to build a football stadium. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge thinks terrorism is one such reason. He is wrong.
Lessons From the Learned
Jim Shepard is the author of six novels and three collections of stories, the latest of which, the jaw-dropping Like You’d Understand, Anyway, won the Story Prize and was a National Book Award finalist.