Finding 60 votes in an evenly divided Senate? A high bar, but not an impossible one
The current Senate has managed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to avoid a filibuster on several of its main legislative achievements.
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4. Themes: The best and most beneficial changes in digital life that are likely by 2035
This chapter covers the themes that emerged among respondents’ answers to the question, “As you look ahead to the year 2035, what are the best and most beneficial changes in digital life that are likely to occur in digital technology and humans’ use of digital systems?” The remarks echo the major themes found in the […]
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Who doesn’t read books in America?
Roughly a quarter of American adults (23%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year.
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8. Closing thoughts
The following respondents wrote contributions that consider the range of issues societies confront. David Bray, inaugural director of the Atlantic Council Geo Tech Center, wrote, “Across communities and nations we need to internally acknowledge the troubling events of history and of human nature and strive externally to be benevolent, bold and brave in finding ways […]
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10 facts about today’s college graduates
College graduates generally out-earn those who have not attended college, yet many say they can’t afford to get a four-year degree – or that they just don’t want to.
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How we built our data science infrastructure at Pew Research Center
After venturing into the world of computational social science in 2015, the Center needed to develop new tools and workflows.
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About this canvassing of experts
This report shares the second of two sets of results emerging from a series of questions posed in the 13th “Future of the Internet” canvassing by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. The first report covered expert responses to the question of whether online spaces can be improved by 2035. In […]
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Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in both […]
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1. A sampling of overarching views on the metaverse
The following incisive and comprehensive responses to our questions about the future of the metaverse represent some of the big ideas shared by a small selection of the hundreds of thought leaders who participated in this canvassing. ‘We have always been living in a quasi-multiverse’ Sam Lehman-Wilzig, professor of communication at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and […]
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In historically Black Protestant churches, regular attenders more likely to have received COVID-19 shot
82% of members of the historically Black Protestant tradition who attend church regularly have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.