Discovery Institute
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Founded in 1991 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder, Discovery Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on research, education, action, and cultural renewal. Headquartered in Seattle, it brings together a growing global network of scholars, scientists, and policy experts.
The Institute investigates the life-changing possibilities of a universe brimming with information and intelligent design. It has a special interest in exploring how science and technology can advance free markets, propel new discoveries, illuminate public policy, and support human dignity and the metaphysical foundations of a free society.
The Institute sponsors research in the sciences, humanities, and public policy. It organizes conferences, seminars, and educational programs for both young people and adults. It produces and disseminates books, articles, reports, and a wide array of multimedia content designed to inform the public. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesBatteries and the Grid: Hype, Hope, and Economic Reality
The following is a report from the National Center for Energy Analytics written by Jonathan Lesser and Mitchell Rolling. Lesser is a Senior Fellow for Discovery Institute and a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Energy Analytics. Can electric grids that are powered primarily by wind and solar power provide reliable and affordable electricity when coupled with battery storage?
Wealth & Poverty Review What Replaces Social Security?
The Social Security system might have been a good idea in 1936, when seniors faced the collapse of asset values in the Great Depression — including the devaluation of their bank savings in 1933 — while their adult children were also out of work and struggling to feed their own children. The original tax rate was 1% paid by both employer and employee, or 2.0% combined. It reflected a world in which about 6.3% of the population was over Age 65, compared to 18.9% today, or 22.0% in 2040.
France Legalizes Euthanasia
The West continues its love affair with the culture of death as the French National Assembly just voted to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, overriding the Senate’s rejection. I haven’t read the bill, but here are a few notes I discerned : The bill does not require terminal illness. Rather, it requires a “serious and incurable illness” that “threatens life in an advanced or terminal stage” — meaning death could be years away.
How Modern Science Resolves the Dilemma Over Evolution
Watch Episode Episode 2239 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Father Michal Chaberek, Steve Greene Duration 00:54:24 Download Audio File (124.5 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/44123/2239.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:54:24 | If theistic evolution doesn’t work, and Darwinian evolution is scientifically inadequate, what alternative framework better explains the origin of life and the universe?
The Bottom Line America Needs More Models Like the Outdoor Discovery Center Network
For generations, education has been confined to four walls, desks arranged in rows, and a curriculum increasingly disconnected from the world students are preparing to enter. Sadly, the majority of students today are disengaged and unmotivated. It is not because they lack potential, but because school feels removed from real life. At the same time, today’s children spend an average of nearly seven hours a day on screens while engaging in only a few minutes of unstructured outdoor play.
Bipartisan Call for Federal Oversight over Hospice Assisted Suicides
Assisted suicide legalization is bad medicine and even worse public policy. It abandons the sick, destroys human equality by creating a killable caste of people, and cheapens the intrinsic dignity of human life. Moreover, the supposed "strict safeguards" are neither strict — for example, relying on doctor self-reporting — nor particularly protective.
Creation vs. Evolution: Re-evaluating a Catholic Dilemma
Watch Episode Episode 2238 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Father Michal Chaberek, Steve Greene Duration 00:44:12 Download Audio File (101.2 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/44116/2238.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:44:12 | To reconcile faith and science, is it enough to say God could have used evolution?
As Neo-Darwinism Fails, Vitalism Makes a Comeback
Episode 2237 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Daniel Witt Duration 00:33:10 Download Audio File (45.5 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/44104/2237.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:33:10 | Vitalism is the age-old idea that living things possess a vital force – some fundamental element that generally does not exist in non-life.
Olasky Books: George Washington was greater than Frederick the Great
Jurgen Overhoff’s George Washington and Frederick the Great: Parallel Lives (Princeton, 2026) shows how two great leaders had different ethics of leadership that helped to create two different political cultures. Washington held himself accountable to Congress and saw the value of checks and balances: The US became a democratic republic. Frederick was an autocrat, and Prussia (which became the cornerstone of Germany) developed a rule-from-above polity that in the 20th century mutated into fascism.
The Cities Hiding Homelessness for the World Cup
The final FIFA World Cup game hosted in Seattle ended in the disappointing loss of the United States to Belgium. But for Seattle, a city so overcome by drug addiction, mental illness, and street-level homelessness, the weeks-long event was a smashing success. Downtown sparkled as it welcomed visitors from around the world for the six games it hosted at Lumen Field, rebranded Seattle Stadium for the tournament.