Entries in Innovation Hub by Marc Sollinger

No photos please. This week on Innovation Hub: fame, celebrity, and how they're changing. Read more....

The average ER doctor racks up 4,000 mouse clicks during a 10-hour shift. Robert Wachter examines the downsides of mixing tech and medicine. 

You should be even more stressed about college admissions. Lani Guinier and Deborah Bial tell us how unequal admissions degrade democracy. 

There’s a reason why chimps solve their problems by tearing each other's faces off, and bonobos solve their problems by having sex. And the answer says a lot about human behavior.

College admissions aren’t just stressful and annoying; they shape the future of our country. Lani Guinier and Deborah Bial explain why they’re so important. Read More...

The notion of America as a “superpower” is falling apart. Ian Bremmer explains why. Read more....

Atlanta and Houston. America’s perception of the world. How all of these were forever transformed by air travel. Read more....

Stories about waste, and how to stop it. Read more....

Are you going to comment on this blog post? Well, please don’t be an awful human being.

When Ulysses S. Grant was ten, he was in charge of selling his family’s horses. Why don’t we give kids that much responsibility today? Paula Fass has the answer. Read more....

Want your kids to be creative? According to Eric Weiner, you shouldn’t make things easy for them. Read more....

Vienna valued music; it got Mozart. We value technology; we got Mark Zuckerberg. Eric Weiner talks about how place and culture shape the rise of geniuses.

If you don't get a full night's sleep, it's like you're coming into work drunk. Neuroscientist Tara Swart shares the advice she’s been giving CEOs and billionaires.

In the next 50 years, one of our engines of economic growth may go kaput. The reason? We’re getting old. James Manyika explains.

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