Why This Matters in the Age of AI
As AI makes knowledge and answers abundant, what will set students apart is no longer how much they know but their willingness to do hard things anyway; what David Brooks, writing in The Atlantic, calls volition. Schools built only around content and intelligence will need to shift towards deliberately cultivating this capacity for effort, ownership, and follow-through. Student Government is Neev's answer to that shift: a space where students choose difficulty over ease, carry real responsibility beyond a grade, and build themselves through commitment rather than convenience. A house event planned end-to-end, a newspaper edition shipped under deadline, a quarterly report owned and delivered - these are precisely the kinds of “mental marathons” that keep initiative, curiosity, and resilience alive in a world where AI can do the easy version in five minutes.