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Wow, what a video. About what to do when your team can’t agree on the correct path forward. Worth watching completely, but here’s a summary: 1) Disagree and commit: “I disagree with you, but we’re going to try it your way, and I’ll fully support the effort.” Allows for action

Historian @NFergus on President Trump’s project to rewind globalization through tariffs: “It is not clear to me that the American working class or middle class would have been materially better off [without] globalization.” And furthermore, “There is not a world in which these

Bringing universities to heel from “a position of savage strength”, as Mr Rufo puts it, may yield only superficial results. Because Mr Trump’s approach is so hostile and extreme, it may actually discourage universities from honestly assessing how they went wrong and correcting

Superb episode.

The beauty of Japan.

Me in Japan, land of endless, perfect, clean, timely public transport, trying to explain why we can’t build ONE decent railroad in California:

“A new paper [examines] scores and transcripts of 14,620 students from 2017 to 2024 at many of the Ivy Plus schools. The study found that scores on SATs and ACTs predict how college students do far better than high-school GPAs, controlling for gender, race and parental income.”

More evidence on how unstructured interviews invalidate the process of candidate selection. Yet we can’t seem to resist the siren’s song.

Fascinating thread on how interviews reveal caste differences in India, perpetuating bias and leading to selection of less qualified candidates. A reminder that interviews are ripe with social status signals that tend to invalidate the selection process. Bottom line: If you

"The crowd tends to be completely on the 'right' or on the 'left.' An intellectual has the obligation to avoid such dichotomies.” ~ René Girard

Loved it.

Never thought that Han Solo and the T-1000 would one day team up as cowboys in Montana.

The idea that boys should be raised to be “tough” is resurgent in American culture. But that attitude, Coleman Joshua PHD writes, conflicts with research showing that to thrive, boys really need more affectionate care: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Q: What could be better than surgeons?? A: Surgeons, but with DOGS. UCLA General Surgery Residency Program UCLA Health

NEW: University of California has named its new president: James B. Milliken, the chancellor of the University of Texas. Milliken will lead UC at a challenging time as it faces multiple investigations and funding threats from the Trump administration: latimes.com/california/sto…

“Many university leaders also worry that Americans have lost trust in academia and no longer see as much value in a college education as they once did. About a third of Americans have little or no confidence in higher education, according to a Gallup poll published last year, up

You are the cook on a 7-day cruise with friends. You can bring up to 10 spices. Which ones do you choose? I’ll tell you my answers later this week! Adam James Pollock

Just a reminder that sometimes stupidity shows up in Google search results.

And the prize for best street name trolling goes to the city of Prague.

We are taught: - turn the other cheek - forgiveness is a virtue - be kind. BUT millions of people are dangerous narcissists/psychopaths who don’t believe in these values. Being kind & forgiving with everyone will likely get you unnecessarily, seriously harmed. Be discerning.