Nobel Peace Prize: Teen activist Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ahead of youth climate strike Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize By Christopher Brito March 14, 2019 / 4:20 PM / CBS News Greta Thunberg on inspiring activism on climate Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has been nominated for […]
From Galileo to today’s amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their cultures impose on them. In their pursuit of nature’s truths, they are guided as much by imagination as by reason, and their greatest theories have the uniqueness and beauty […]
Meritocracy doesn’t exist, and believing it does is bad for you Meritocracy has become a leading social ideal. Politicians across the ideological spectrum continually return to the theme that the rewards of life–money, power, jobs, university admission–should be distributed according to skill and effort. The most common metaphor is the “even playing field” upon which […]
