Getting Better, X

When the media and our education systems are driven by ratings and self-interest, they can often fail to inform us effectively and accurately about the big picture. And our own confirmation bias can cause us to filter the facts we receive in order to support our existing worldview. Having a false understanding of how the

Credit Where Credit is Due

Wilbur and Orville Wright deserve every bit of the recognition they have received for inventing the first heavier-than-air craft capable of controlled flight. But it doesn’t diminish their achievement at all to understand that their work did not take place in a vacuum or emerge complete on December 17, 1903. Because we prefer history to