Do We Need Better Physical Environments for Kids?

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So often people fight those kind of a moral debate about inns that they think are good. Like, if i aem eh, you know, having this type of physical environment for your school doesn't make kids test scores better. Even even when we have restricted our scope to a very am narrow slice of human, the human global diversity is so different from one another. Humans are incrartibly genetically diverse. We might call that socasticity. Am i? So much of our conversation about inequality in america is about inequality along dimensions that are easy for us to see, gender, race, social class. And that can alide the inequalities across dimensions that we can't see

In recent years, scientists have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health — and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.

Michael speaks with University of Texas (Austin) professor of clinical psychology and Director of the Developmental Behavior Genetics Lab, Kathryn Paige Harden, about her book, The Genetic Lottery. Harden introduces us to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what equality really means in a world where people are born different. Weaving together personal stories with scientific evidence, Harden shows why our refusal to recognize the power of DNA perpetuates the myth of meritocracy, and argues that we must acknowledge the role of genetic luck if we are ever to create a fair society.

Reclaiming genetic science from the legacy of eugenics, this groundbreaking book offers a bold new vision of society where everyone thrives, regardless of how one fares in the genetic lottery.