School & Play
Recess, classrooms, and the developmental need we scheduled away.
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath: The Digital Delusion, AI in Schools, and Gen Z's Cognitive Decline
The first generation on record to score lower than its parents, and the neuroscientist who says the laptops did it.
With Jared Cooney HorvathIs This AI? - The Credibility Hedge, Deepfakes, and Why We Are Learning to Doubt What Is Real
A deepfake President interrupted a Father's Day ballgame, and it took Ryan Vet a few seconds to catch it. On the moment skepticism stops being wisdom.
Solo essay by Ryan VetIzzy Kalman: What the Bullying Conversation Gets Wrong
The anti-bullying movement's oldest critic on why the policy backfired, the science of the Golden Rule, and why the bullies are us.
With Izzy KalmanKevin Stinehart: Rebuilding Recess and Why Play Is a Developmental Need, Not a Want
What unstructured play actually builds, and how schools quietly engineered it out.
With Kevin StinehartGen Alpha Turned 13 - The Generational Prism on Growing Up in 2026
The first Gen Alpha teenagers have arrived. Ryan Vet uses age 13, across four generations, as a lens on the world each one walked into.
Solo essay by Ryan Vet2026 Predictions: AI, Education, Trust, and the Future of Society
2026 will not be remembered as a year of answers. Ryan Vet reads it as a year of signals, across polarity, AI, trust, credibility, and education.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Rise of Fragility: What We Created When We Tried to Keep Kids Safe
A shattered ornament, a bear trap, and a wet paint sign. Ryan Vet on how we renamed discomfort as harm, and what it cost a generation.
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