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Professor Paul Ehrlich, the biologist at Stanford University, argues that we cannot deal with climate change because "the forces of genetic and cultural selection were not creating brains capable of looking generations ahead"

Our views are constantly being shaped through the negotiation between our own identity, our group loyalty, and our relationship with wider society

Economists see migration as a kind of investment

"Those Who Get Stuck" class has been committing much less crime, engaging in much less social unrest, and embracing extreme ideologies such as communism to a smaller degree; if anything, they have been more disillisioned than politically engaged.

The American society is divided into three classes:
1. The Privileged Class
2. Those Who Dig In
3. Those Who Get Stuck

As Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount,
Do not jugde, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

Social media is a fountain of bedevilments. It trains people to think in ways that are exactly contrary to the world's wisdom tradition: Think about yourself first; be materialisitc, judgmental, boastful, and petty; seek glory as quantified by likes and followers.

Brain that are more active whenever we are processing events from an egocentric point of view-thinking about what I want, what I need to do next, or what other people think of me.

Even for kids who never post anything, spending time on social media sites can still be harmful because of the chronic social comparison, the unachievable beauty standards, and the enormous amount ò time taken ây from everything else in life.

The life on the platforms forces young peopl to become their own brand managers, always thinking ahead about the social consequences of each photo, video, comment, and emoji they choose.