| What is the community for? |
18 |
9 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Which candidate is best in a given presidential race? |
8 |
14 |
2007–2011 |
9 |
| Should ideas be ownable, and is copyright law working? |
8 |
8 |
2007–2013 |
1 |
| Is there really an 'us' and a 'them', or are distant and different people just facets of us? |
11 |
5 |
2007–2013 |
1 |
| What makes a good romantic relationship or friendship? |
12 |
4 |
2008–2013 |
1 |
| Is it reasonable to be hopeful about the future? |
8 |
6 |
2007–2013 |
2 |
| Should LGBTQ people be fully accepted, with equal rights including marriage? |
6 |
8 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Does human life have real meaning, given oblivion, cosmic scale and an indifferent universe? |
8 |
6 |
2009–2013 |
|
| How should online creators be paid: ads, sponsorships, paywalls or direct audience support? |
6 |
8 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Can we imagine other people complexly, and what stops us? |
7 |
6 |
2008–2012 |
|
| Should everyone be guaranteed health care? |
9 |
3 |
2008–2013 |
|
| Why make things? |
6 |
5 |
2007–2012 |
|
| Do people achieve more together than as individuals? |
4 |
7 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Is the internet a real place, and is online life real life? |
6 |
5 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Is ad-supported media good for audiences and society? |
4 |
7 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Is microfinance an effective way to fight poverty? |
7 |
3 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Does government work well? |
6 |
4 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Should the penny (and other low-value money) be abolished? |
10 |
0 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Do individual green choices matter? |
2 |
7 |
2007–2011 |
|
| Is unironic enthusiasm better than being cool? |
6 |
3 |
2007–2013 |
|
| How serious is climate change? |
3 |
6 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Is the internet, including social media, good for people? |
5 |
4 |
2008–2013 |
|
| What is art for? |
8 |
1 |
2008–2013 |
1 |
| Can things that humans made up (sports, money, borders, rules) really matter? |
6 |
3 |
2009–2012 |
|
| Is consumerism harmful, and are gifts worth giving? |
5 |
3 |
2007–2012 |
|
| Can business do good, or does business have to suck? |
5 |
3 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Should schools and libraries restrict books? |
4 |
3 |
2007–2012 |
|
| How should we replace fossil fuels? |
0 |
7 |
2007–2013 |
|
| What is the community's charity drive for: attention for causes, money, or the community itself? |
2 |
5 |
2007–2011 |
|
| Does the author's intent matter to what a work means? |
7 |
0 |
2007–2013 |
|
| What makes charity or aid work well? |
3 |
4 |
2008–2013 |
|
| Do people get what they deserve, or do luck and privilege decide? |
5 |
2 |
2009–2013 |
|
| What is school for? |
5 |
2 |
2009–2012 |
|
| Should language follow fixed rules of correct usage? |
5 |
2 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Is fame good for the people who have it? |
4 |
2 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Should people follow gender norms? |
4 |
2 |
2007–2012 |
|
| Is human life getting better; is now the best time to be alive? |
3 |
3 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Do revolutions lead to good outcomes? |
5 |
1 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Is space exploration worth the cost? |
1 |
5 |
2011–2012 |
|
| Can a dictatorship be benign? |
4 |
1 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Can imagination and work make ideas real? |
3 |
2 |
2008–2013 |
|
| Do big problems have simple solutions? |
4 |
1 |
2010–2013 |
|
| What do editors do, and is a book one person's work? |
5 |
0 |
2011–2013 |
|
| What is work for, and how much should people work? |
2 |
2 |
2007–2012 |
|
| What makes a good video? |
2 |
2 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Must a film adaptation be faithful to the book? |
4 |
0 |
2007–2013 |
|
| What counts as real reading: do YA, children's books, audiobooks and e-readers count? |
2 |
2 |
2007–2011 |
|
| Can online video truly educate, or only inform? |
1 |
3 |
2007–2012 |
|
| Should people trust scientific consensus? |
2 |
2 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Can appearance reveal what a person is like? |
0 |
4 |
2007–2011 |
|
| Which causes deserve the most support? |
4 |
0 |
2008–2011 |
|
| Can news media be trusted to inform us accurately? |
2 |
2 |
2009–2012 |
|
| Does God exist, and is religious faith worth having? |
3 |
1 |
2009–2011 |
|
| Is evil found only in certain people, or in all of us? |
2 |
2 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Is nostalgia trustworthy: were earlier times, or earlier generations, really better? |
3 |
1 |
2009–2011 |
|
| Are human interests and nature in conflict, or are humans part of nature? |
0 |
4 |
2009–2013 |
1 |
| Do money and success bring happiness? |
1 |
3 |
2010–2012 |
|
| Is failure valuable? |
1 |
3 |
2010–2012 |
|
| Is adulthood a destination you arrive at? |
2 |
2 |
2011–2013 |
|
| Is learning worthwhile for its own sake? |
2 |
2 |
2012–2013 |
|
| Is extreme wealth, and the tax system that protects it, a problem? |
1 |
3 |
2012–2013 |
|
| Should powerful countries intervene militarily abroad? |
0 |
3 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Can writing be taught? |
2 |
1 |
2007–2008 |
|
| What do humans owe animals (pets, livestock, wild animals)? |
1 |
2 |
2007–2010 |
|
| Does one vote matter? |
2 |
1 |
2008–2012 |
|
| How should creators respond to hateful comments and criticism? |
1 |
2 |
2008–2009 |
|
| Does every living thing have moral value just for being alive, and can a life be priced? |
0 |
3 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Is patriotism a virtue? |
1 |
2 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Is outrage useful? |
0 |
3 |
2009–2013 |
|
| Is death fair, and should we accept mortality? |
0 |
3 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Does suffering have meaning, or is it mostly unnecessary harm to be reduced? |
2 |
1 |
2010–2012 |
|
| Do spoilers ruin a story for readers and viewers? |
2 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
1 |
| Is political polarization caused by structures (districts, rules, incentives) rather than by people? |
2 |
1 |
2012–2013 |
|
| What is the greatest or most distinctive human quality? |
2 |
1 |
2013–2013 |
1 |
| Can a source that anyone can edit be trusted? |
1 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Do people become wiser or more foolish as they grow older? |
0 |
2 |
2007–2012 |
|
| Does having influence (role model, big platform) bring special responsibility? |
1 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Do good ends justify bad means? |
1 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Who should be allowed to take part in a country's political process (minors, non-citizens)? |
1 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
1 |
| Is democracy in danger? |
2 |
0 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Should creators get a share of the revenue whenever their work earns money, whatever the format? |
2 |
0 |
2007–2013 |
|
| Is history inevitable, or made by choices? |
2 |
0 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Is colonialism to blame for present-day wars and state failure in former colonies? |
1 |
1 |
2009–2011 |
|
| Do platforms treat creators and viewers fairly? |
1 |
1 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Can election results be trusted? |
2 |
0 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Are good books made in revision rather than in a fast first draft? |
2 |
0 |
2009–2010 |
|
| Should people care about strangers as much as about their family and those close to them? |
1 |
1 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Is college worth it? |
2 |
0 |
2010–2012 |
|
| Is there intelligent life beyond Earth? |
0 |
2 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Does science diminish wonder? |
0 |
2 |
2010–2012 |
|
| Why study history? |
1 |
1 |
2010–2013 |
|
| Can extreme poverty be ended, or are poor countries stuck? |
1 |
1 |
2011–2013 |
|
| What do the living owe the dead and those not yet born? |
1 |
1 |
2011–2013 |
|
| What is life, and what kinds of systems count as alive? |
1 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
1 |
| How should people cope with being bullied? |
1 |
1 |
2011–2013 |
|
| Should people fear terrorism? |
1 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
|
| Is change good? |
1 |
1 |
2012–2012 |
|
| Is ideology harmful to good politics? |
2 |
0 |
2012–2013 |
|
| Should people worry about what others think of them? |
1 |
1 |
2012–2013 |
|
| Can statistics build empathy, or do we need individual stories? |
1 |
1 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Should people have children? |
0 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Is trying to make the world better worth the risk of accidentally making it worse? |
1 |
0 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Should private ownership of guns and explosives be restricted? |
1 |
0 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Should economic growth be the measure of a society's success? |
1 |
0 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Is physical fighting ever an appropriate way to communicate or settle conflict? |
0 |
1 |
2007–2007 |
|
| Should governments cut taxes and raise spending to fight a deep recession? |
1 |
0 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Is compassion a weakness, or a strength, in people and in politics? |
0 |
1 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Should doctors' pay depend on the treatments they recommend? |
0 |
1 |
2009–2009 |
|
| Should parents share their children's lives online? |
1 |
0 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Should people trust their gut instincts over reasoning? |
1 |
0 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Is online video a new kind of medium, or old entertainment delivered a new way? |
0 |
1 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Can a quotation or passage be understood without its context? |
1 |
0 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Can humans build artificial intelligence? |
0 |
1 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Should conjoined twins be separated at birth? |
1 |
0 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Should net neutrality be law? |
0 |
1 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Should industries whose risks fall on shared resources regulate themselves, or be regulated by government? |
0 |
1 |
2010–2010 |
|
| Does holding power favour people who do not care about others? |
0 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
|
| Is a large human population the cause of the world's problems? |
0 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
|
| Can a person really change who they are? |
0 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
|
| Is tipping a good way to reward service and pay service workers? |
0 |
1 |
2011–2011 |
|
| Is technology morally neutral, good or bad only in how people use it? |
0 |
1 |
2012–2012 |
|
| Why do people seek out fear and the unknown (exploring, reading, horror)? |
1 |
0 |
2012–2012 |
|
| Do books engage us more deeply than other media (TV, film, YouTube)? |
1 |
0 |
2012–2012 |
1 |
| What makes someone a good parent? |
1 |
0 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Should countries give concessions to states that make threats? |
0 |
1 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Can the human will be broken, or is the human spirit indomitable? |
1 |
0 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Is a moral sense innate, or learned from one's world? |
1 |
0 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Is natural better than artificial? |
0 |
1 |
2013–2013 |
|
| Do people wield power, or does power wield (change) the people who hold it? |
1 |
0 |
2013–2013 |
|
| What makes a good apology? |
0 |
1 |
2013–2013 |
|