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David Johnson’s Biography

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DAVID V. JOHNSON is senior editor of Stanford Social Innovation Review. He is a former philosophy professor turned journalist with more than a decade of experience as an editor and writer. Previously, he was senior opinion editor at Al Jazeera America, where he edited the op-ed section of the news channel’s website. Earlier in his career, he served as online editor at Boston Review and research editor at San Francisco magazine the year it won a National Magazine Award for general excellence. He…

David Johnson’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Complacent Intellectual Class | David V. Johnson

The Complacent Intellectual Class | David V. Johnson

I would like to coin a phrase, the complacent intellectual class, to describe the overwhelming number of pund…

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Academe on the Auction Block | David V. Johnson

Academe on the Auction Block | David V. Johnson

Universities are supposed to be public goods that provide public goods—nonprofit institutions subsidized by t…

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Citizen Zuckerberg

Citizen Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg for president makes sense in the way that William Randolph Hearst for president made sense for som…

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Keeping Hope Alive

Keeping Hope Alive

We shouldn’t look at Obama’s decision to take Cantor Fitzgerald’s check as a risky venture that could alienat…

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There's a Green Card-holder at the heart of Greek philosophy

There's a Green Card-holder at the heart of Greek philosophy

When it comes to immigration, not all foreigners are the same. The treatment of non-citizen legal residents, …

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The Handmaiden of Entrepreneurship

The Handmaiden of Entrepreneurship

What does philosophy for high school students funded by the Charles Koch Foundation look like?

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(Photo by Arnaud Finistre/AFP via Getty Images) A competitor in the inter-nursing home games of Genlis, France, tosses a beanbag. The April 1, 2026, event saw 100 participants from 10 facilities face off. Such Olympics (Olympiades) happen regularly across France thanks in part to financial support from the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy, an arm of the country’s social-security system devoted to autonomy for the elderly and disabled.
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Human Capital Development (SSIR)

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(Illustration by Ross MacDonald) A year ago I accepted an invitation to attend a workshop at Stanford associated with a yearlong project called “Education and Learning for Longer Lives.” The Stanford Center on Longevity and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences were partnering on the initiative, which sought “to develop a national vision for lifelong human-capital developing in the face of major changes in the character of work.” I listened to the research fellows’...
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Hindu Pilgrims in India Take Eye Exams on Their Way to the Makar Sankranti Festival

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(Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Nurphoto via Getty Images) A Hindu pilgrim takes a free eye test on January 12, 2026, at a transit camp in Kolkata, India, on her way to the Makar Sankranti festival. The occasion, celebrated by Hindus typically on January 14, is dedicated to the sun god, Surya, and marks the zodiacal transition of the sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn and the longer days to come.
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Reporter for the Staten Island Advance

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