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The costs of declining fertility go beyond economics
This article was originally published in The Hill. The fertility decline in the U.S. and around the world has prompted growing concern. Much of the focus has been on societal-level economic problems that could result from sub-replacement fertility. However, it...

America’s Generational Divide Doesn’t Apply to Technology. Gen Zers and Boomers Share the Same Techno-Optimism and Nostalgia.
This article was originally published in Fortune. Amidst America’s mental health crisis, emerging technologies now come to an anxious marketplace. Generative A.I, pundits claim, will inevitably lead to more loneliness, mass unemployment, and even the end of...

Outward Action Is Good for Your Brain
We can help solve our mental health crisis by getting out of our own heads This article was originally published in Discourse Magazine. Beyond a given point man is not helped by more “knowing,” but only by living and doing in a partly self-forgetful way. As Goethe put...

If You Believe: How Meaning Can Improve College Outcomes
This article was originally published in Profectus Magazine. The path to a college degree can be tough. Sometimes, students face difficulties that shake their confidence in themselves and their ability to succeed. As a college professor, it is common for a student to...

Mental-Health Awareness Can Be Bad for Mental Health
This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal. Rather than ruminating, turn outward and engage with the world. We hear a lot about America’s mental-health crisis, and the crisis is real. But part of the problem is that we talk about it too...

A New Hope: ‘Star Wars’ as American Religion
This article was originally published in The Hill. May the Fourth be with you! Today, “Star Wars” fans from all over the world are celebrating their passion for the multi-billion-dollar science fiction franchise created by George Lucas 46 years...

A Healthy, Morbid Curiosity: An Interview with Coltan Scrivner
This article was originally published in Profectus Magazine. The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab Clay Routledge with Coltan Scrivner, a research scientist at...

Has Mental Health Awareness Gone Awry?: An Interview with Lucy Foulkes
This article was originally published in Profectus Magazine. The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab Clay Routledge with Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at the University of...

Treating Childhood Anxiety with a Mega-Dose of Independence
This article was originally published in Profectus Magazine. Whether you read scientific journals or The Washington Post, you have no doubt seen many pieces about how anxious kids are these days. Unfortunately, it’s true. The numbers are grim and...

High Anxiety, Low Abundance
This article was originally published in Discourse Magazine. America is becoming a nation of anxious people. Psychologists point to the rapid rise in anxiety, especially among teenagers and young adults, as evidence that our country is facing a mental health crisis....

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