If autism is just genetics, nursing homes should be packed with it... they aren’t. Grandparents didn’t grow up surrounded by nonverbal kids, 1-in-31 classrooms, or “everyone’s a little on the spectrum now.” Diagnosis criteria didn’t invent an entire generation. Something changed... and we know what that something is. This is the question they never want answered.

American farmers deserve the best plant genetics in the world and fair competition. 🌱🇺🇸      Today in Prairie City, Iowa, we announced three actions to strengthen American agriculture:     ✅ $180 MILLION for @USDA’s Seed Sovereignty Initiative. Better understanding USDA’s genetic resources can help researchers and American seed companies develop new traits that can help protect crops from pests and disease and reduce dependence on foreign countries.      ✅ Expanded work with DOJ on seed pricing and competition. Farmers need real choices, including independent seed companies deserve a fair shot.      ✅ $6 MILLION for @IowaStateU to expand its Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab — helping turn research into tools farmers can use.      These investments help secure our food supply from the seed up. And starting this month, more than $1 BILLION in farm safety net payments will go to Iowa producers thanks to increased reference prices in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.      Thank you to the Cannon family, @RepMMM, @ZachNunn, @MikeNaigIA, and @AGIowa!      Under President Trump, farm security is national security.

Some would have you believe that genetics is everything, that it is the sole determinant of human worth and potential. A more realistic take is to note that genetics matter a lot, but they are only a starting point. Everything past that starting point is in your hands. And that's a lot of things

How do differences in our nervous systems (whether from genetics or experience) change how we experience choices in the world? Join me this week as we explore differences in the inner cosmos.