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Wittgenstein’s Apocalypse

Wittgenstein’s Apocalypse “It isn’t absurd,” the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote in 1947, “to believe that the age of science and technology is the beginning of the end for humanity.” The proposition is looking less absurd by the day: AI may eventually turn on us; industrialization has turned the planet against us; social media is turning us against each other; and nuclear weapons linger just offstage, waiting for another turn. What Wittgenstein—and the many other Romantically inclined ...

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Educator Turnover Rates Stabilize After the Pandemic

The authors add a fifth school year (2024–2025) to the American School District Panel’s annual tracking of educator turnover rates. Estimates from district leaders suggest a continued downward trend in turnover rates among teachers and principals

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