The common good, one of Bowdoin’s core tenets, dates all the way back to the opening of the College in 1802. Today, we see the common good in practice almost daily through the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good, …
I watched “The Social Dilemma” back in 2021, and it fundamentally changed my perspective on technology. It clearly and exhaustively laid out various design mechanisms embedded in social media apps that keep you scrolling far longer than you intend to. …
It’s a challenging time to be in higher education. It’s a challenging time to be a leader. And it’s a hell of a challenging time to be a human on this planet who cares about other humans.
“It ought always to be remembered, that literary institutions are founded and endowed for the common good, and not for the private advantage of those who resort to them for education,” President Joseph McKeen said in his 1802 inaugural address. …
John Winthrop, lauded by the likes of Cotton Mather as the “Moses” of the American people, introduced what would soon become the American holy commandments in his sermon “A Model of Christian Charity.” He preached that “We must …