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Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson has a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge, where he studied as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. He obtained a BS in psychology from Yale University and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Can AI Flirt for You?
“There is a world where your AI dating concierge could go and date for you," according to Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of dating app Bumble.
Rob Henderson
The Prophets: Eric Hoffer
In 1951, a book by an unschooled dockworker predicted the forces that would give rise to radical politics on the left, populism on the right—and a…
Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson: The Three Adults Who Abandoned Me
My biological father, my birth mom, and my adoptive dad all left me. They also taught me the most important lesson of my life.
Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson: Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Tip more than you should. Listen to Loveline. Don’t be the smartest person in the room. And other bits of wisdom from a former foster kid.
Rob Henderson
Two Murders—and the Cost of Luxury Beliefs
The death of two progressive activists shocked the nation. And that says everything about crime and class in America.
Rob Henderson
Stop Swiping. Start Settling.
When your options are endless, it’s harder than ever to find The One. Rob Henderson makes the case for old-fashioned commitment.
Rob Henderson
What Your Country Can Do for You
By abandoning its old standards and appealing to more selfish ends, the military has exposed itself to the likes of Jack Teixeira.
Rob Henderson
Shut Up and Drive
Nothing could match the exhilaration of roaring away from school with a girl riding shotgun. So why don’t today’s teens want to drive?
Rob Henderson
Dropping the SATs Hurts Poor Kids
Columbia is the first Ivy League university to abandon standardized tests in the name of ‘equity.’ It's disadvantaged students like me who will suffer.
Rob Henderson
‘The Last of Us’ Reveals the Best of Us
Why we’re right to be jealous of the Americans in HBO’s post-apocalyptic dystopia.
Rob Henderson
On Rich Friends and Poor Friends
Is making the right kinds of friends the secret to upward mobility?
Rob Henderson
America's Lost Boys and Me
I suspect I’m the only student at Cambridge University who lived out of garbage bags as a child. Here’s why I didn’t live the life I was meant to.
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