Opt-Out Nation / BT Magazine Summer 2026 Issue

The Opt-Out Nation: stories of American exit in the nation’s 250th year. Big Think’s magazine dives into the world’s biggest questions through in-depth analysis and insights from today’s leading thinkers. In this issue Clay Routledge explores why Gen Z is opting out of an always-on digital world, Thomas Moynihan shares two sci-fi visions that reveal how the drive to opt out of human obligations can escalate, Kmele Foster interviews Dan Carlin on why Americans are opting out of existing political parties, and more.