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The bone, discovered in Siberia, represented the 70,000-year-old remains of a girl who belonged to a previously unknown kind of archaic hominin.
“What I am doing is arguing, through an appeal to data and rigorous studies, that two
parents tend to be able to provide their children with more resource advantages than
one parent alone. And furthermore, that a two-parent family is increasingly becoming
yet another privilege associated with more highly resourced groups in society.”
― The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
parents tend to be able to provide their children with more resource advantages than
one parent alone. And furthermore, that a two-parent family is increasingly becoming
yet another privilege associated with more highly resourced groups in society.”
― The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
“The uniquely human things you do are thanks to the chatter of spikes in your cortex. This outer layer of the brain contains more neurons in you than in any other animal, ever. So many in fact that we have to divide the cortex into a constellation of areas, each with its own name, to make sense of it all. (Few of these names are exciting—the area with the most neurons that talk directly to the spine, and so has the most control over movement, is called the primary motor cortex; the areas next door are the premotor cortex and, wait for it, the supplementary motor area. Inspired.) These areas all share the same types of neurons but do wildly different things with the spikes sent between them.”
― The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds
― The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds
“With creators no longer required to pursue artistic excellence, culture has become a lowest-common-denominator fight for attention. Where there is no value other than money, honor is meaningless; and where there is no honor, there cannot be shame. And without shame, fame and infamy become indistinguishable.”
― Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
― Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
“But at some point – a point I think we are well past, given the body of research – the
weight of the evidence is so strong that the most reasonable conclusion is that even
if there were some unobservable differences between single and married parents,
the thing staring at us from the data is overwhelming: having a second parent in the
home, with the added resources (money, time, etc.) that second parent brings, is, on
average, beneficial for children’s outcomes.”
― The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
weight of the evidence is so strong that the most reasonable conclusion is that even
if there were some unobservable differences between single and married parents,
the thing staring at us from the data is overwhelming: having a second parent in the
home, with the added resources (money, time, etc.) that second parent brings, is, on
average, beneficial for children’s outcomes.”
― The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
“Today, in a manner unknown since the arrival of the Pilgrims, the cultural
center of the American nation is fragmenting. The results of the year 2000
census show Hispanics to be overtaking African Americans as the largest
minority, while non-Hispanic whites have declined to just two-thirds of
the U.S. population and have become a minority in the most populous
state, California. Contemplating their demographic decline, white Americans
are engaging in an increasingly bitter, internecine “culture war” that
pits liberal against conservative in a polarized political climate. Against a
demographic backdrop known as the “Browning of America,” the forces
of multiculturalism vie for influence with popular initiatives proclaiming
“English Only,” “immigration reform,” and a Christian America.”
―
center of the American nation is fragmenting. The results of the year 2000
census show Hispanics to be overtaking African Americans as the largest
minority, while non-Hispanic whites have declined to just two-thirds of
the U.S. population and have become a minority in the most populous
state, California. Contemplating their demographic decline, white Americans
are engaging in an increasingly bitter, internecine “culture war” that
pits liberal against conservative in a polarized political climate. Against a
demographic backdrop known as the “Browning of America,” the forces
of multiculturalism vie for influence with popular initiatives proclaiming
“English Only,” “immigration reform,” and a Christian America.”
―
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