Preventing cyber-social behavior, griefers and trolls
By self-discipline, ability and accountability, distance learning will be able to do without police.
Neuromyths that persist in schools
Neuroscience is young. Indeed, they are fascinating, and may hold the key to our brains. But for the time being, researchers still know very little. As a result, early hypotheses are often overturned by new discoveries. Yet these myths continue to be perpetuated by schools, much to the dismay of scientists.
Eternal debts: how states and individuals navigate the age of indebtedness
Faced with the issue of growing public debt, one solution is economic education, which is essential but all too often absent from the school curriculum. This would make it possible to counter unrealistic promises and stabilize the economy by training citizens.
The ambiguity of mass data in ecology
For over a decade now, technologies have been able to probe everything, including the environment, rapidly and in real time. Many believe in the potential of this data to reduce pollution. Yet data centers account for at least 4% of the world's energy consumption. How can we reconcile the two?
Loyalty in the Workplace Since World War II
When loyalty and fidelity once went hand in hand but eventually eroded in the face of new technological developments. Welcome to the world of distributed loyalty.