The replication crisis in the sciences
“The Great Sorting”: the idea that people are increasingly choosing to live around other people with very similar demographics and levels of education, leading to a lack of interaction with people outside of their socioeconomic class
Screen time and its effects on the brain, mental health, etc.
The rise of remote work and its knock-on effects
The recent NCAA rule change that allows college athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness
The criminal justice system, prisons, and ideas for reform
Controversies about the history curriculum in schools, especially K-12 schools
How should we deal with the next pandemic given the covid-19 experience?
The centralization of news media and the concurrent decline in local news media, especially local newspapers
The challenge of China in American foreign policy
Pets in modern American culture
How the rise of streaming services has changed our experience of consuming media
The increasing underrepresentation of men enrolled in college–its causes and effects
The overall decreasing birthrate in the United States–its causes and effects
Increasing specialization in various fields (medicine, engineering, humanities, etc.) and its effects
Differential rates of maternal mortality by race, age, etc.
Declining trust in institutions and/or declining trust in science, etc.
What have we learned about education during the pandemic? (remote learning, social learning, etc.)
