Impact of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act

Michael Byrne, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and of Computer Science, Rice University. His areas of Interest include Human factors/human-computer interaction, computational modeling/artificial intelligence, statistics, cognition, decision-making, memory. With all the focus on the Russian interference in the 2016 election, there is a growing concern for the integrity of future elections. One threat that is receiving more attention is voting system usability. Does what actually gets recorded on to the ballots accurately reflect the will of the voters? Dr. Bryne explains his research into this problem.

Amy Schaffer is the creative director and co-creator of The Wonderment, a nonprofit digital platform and global community-based in Salt Lake City where thousands of kids from over 25 countries have taken creative action to connect and impact communities all over the world. Growing up, teachers and parents always asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Even when we are adults, many of us still feel like we haven’t found what we want to be when we grow up. Amy Schaffer, who has given a TED talk about this question, claims that it is the wrong question to ask kids and that instead, we should be asking, “What do you wonder about?” She shares about why a sense of wonder is an essential trait not only for children but also for everyone.