Michael Smith

Michael Smith is a member of the Acton Institute’s 2021 Emerging Leaders class. He is a senior at Grand Canyon University majoring in Psychology. He enjoys reading, backpacking, and running.

Posts by Michael Smith

July 14, 2021

The antidote to Americans’ crisis of ‘meaning’

What do you want? Or, better yet, what do you want from what you want? It turns out, more than money or praise, humans yearn for a purpose. And new data indicate Americans are lacking that meaning and connection in their lives. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2021

Entertainment as leisure

Americans on average spend 470 minutes, or 7.83 hours, a day with digital media. For example, people watched “The Office” for over 57 billion minutes in 2020, and another favorite, “Grey’s Anatomy” held viewership for over 39 billion minutes in 2020. Continue Reading...