We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About Terrorism

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1. We’re having the wrong conversation about terrorism.

By Masha Gessen in the New York Review of Books

2. This summer, take psychologist’s advice: Let your kids be bored.

By Olivia Goldhill in Quartz

3. Scientists created an endlessly rechargeable battery.

By the University of California, Irvine

4. “Anti-politics” are all the rage, but we should improve our political system, not replace it.

By Michael Lind in the Smart Set

5. Foundations like to support high-profile work. But they should be paying to keep the lights on.

By Jeri Eckhart-Queenan, Michael Etzel, and Sridhar Prasad in the Stanford Social Innovation Review

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