Give examples, please.

Saw this on my phone today. Random! What a great photo of these two superstars. Makes me want to eavesdrop at the closest table! @hjarche @jonhusband

Tabia Lee—a black woman with a long history of teaching antiracism—was fired from her job as DEI director at a California community college. Her crime? Using written agendas for meetings—a mark of “white supremacy.” In COMPACT she tells her story. compactmag.com/article/a-blac…

I think in the shower. Today's shower was devoted to reflecting on the fact that there are some things I will simply no longer teach Because it's a near-certainty some will misunderstand. And some among them will then try to treat me as their punching bag It's just not worth it

I asked GPT-4 to create a mini Harvard Business School case study on Google’s challenges releasing a fictional generative AI along with an instructors note on running the case. It is actually quite good (and the references are real!) Prompt: “You will write a Harvard Business

Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way. NYU Professor Jonathan Haidt explains why kids born after 1995 are more anxious and depressed.

Wordsworth, born on this day in 1770, on genius and the creative responsibility of elevating taste rather than merely catering themarginalian.org/2018/11/12/wor…

Why are many of us living paycheck-to-paycheck in the richest country in the world? Hint: #GreedyCEOs

Not the odds, but the stakes. Dan Rather: "A horse race confers an equivalence upon all candidates. The only detail that matters is who is going to win — not all that might be lost. To view America through that lens today is an exercise in the absurd." steady.substack.com/p/the-danger-o…

The opportunity to learn. The means. The learning is the student’s job, though a good teacher can sometimes outwit a closed and reactive mind.

“Our findings show that tweets produced by GPT-3 can both inform and disinform better than organic tweets.” science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

As a former Yale Grad Student, found this quite compelling. Radical left breeds radical right. Intolerance creates intolerance. Deconstruction of truth is balanced by conspiracy theories. Power as the master term. omerazizwriter.substack.com/p/i-saw-how-ya…

Arizona State University faces crisis as donor pulls money, lawmakers probe free speech concerns | Just The News justthenews.com/nation/free-sp…

"Not the odds, but the stakes." That's my shortand for the organizing principle we most need from journalists covering the 2024 election. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy. Here's an example of stakes reporting. nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/…

Analytic philosophy as explication of the intuitions of Philosophy Dons. C.f. Foucault on epistemes. Seldom do the Dons test their intuitions against the Porter at the Gates. My intro was “the concept of heed.” As opposed to mind. Heed your head or mind it? Discuss.

1. Charles Koch recently transferred more than $5 billion to two secretive organizations The donations are structured to allow Koch to avoid BILLIONS in taxes but the money can still be used directly in political campaigns It's an audacious scheme Here is how it works 🧵

1. Do not obey in advance.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. —Robert Frost

Trust-based philanthropy paired with localization recognizes that organizations based in a community and led by local leaders know how to best address issues and direct resources. econ.st/3SsxAA4