Being able to understand and explain someone else's position without strawmanning them is a sign of intelligence, empathy, and honesty. A rare combo.

A Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl. Late 3rd-2nd century BC, sold at Bonhams in 2004

Mozart died at 35, and wrote 800 pieces, 22 pieces every year he lived.

Indeed. Nations should recognize the blemishes of their history without losing sight of the achievements. Trying to make current generations feel ashamed of their national identity can backfire. It paves the way for deep resentment and populist backlash.

Anti-white racism is no way to fight white supremacy.

Conservatives and liberals are equally intolerant - but just toward different groups. stevestewartwilliams.com/p/whos-more-pr…

Without free speech, the people have no protection against harmful government speech.

In under a minute, Glenn says so much. What resonates most with me is the end. The woke narrative harms young blacks by instilling in them a sense of hopelessness and by blinding them to opportunities.

In his dissertation, my graduate student showed that political endorsements by scientific publications: (1) don't convince anyone about politics; (2) make people less likely to believe scientists when it comes to vaccines, health advisories, etc. nature.com/articles/s4156…

The stereotype threat effect, once a darling of social psychology, goes down the drain in another large, pre-registered replication project. osf.io/preprints/psya… Stereotype threat refers to the fear of being judged based on negative stereotypes about the performance of a

186 of 240 lakes in Turkey are dried up, and it's barely on the political agenda.

New York Times is consulting “disinformation experts” (clip, NYT). The term is becoming a euphemism that suggests a credentialing process. But it disguises intense partisanship in who gets fact-checked, judging accuracy, and the line between news and opinion.

I asked Grok to produce the most woke-sounding academic paragraph it could. It did not disappoint! It's virtually indistinguishable from the academic abstracts I find on Google Scholar, though this is actually written more skillfully.

Thank you to Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT, for delivering the 2024 Stone Lecture in Economic Inequality in the Forum, & sitting down with HKS Professor Dani Rodrik to discuss the future of shared prosperity, issues of inequality, & how they'll shape our future.

The Lebanon attacks have taken warfare to a new level. All hand-held devices—phones, TV remotes, automobile fobs—can be laced with explosives and controlled remotely. Counter-technologies will emerge to secure them against capture by hostile states, terrorists, lunatics.

Graphic designers now just open a blank document, make the font size 80, type the company name, and that’s the logo.

She was fired from her job for answering a question. thefp.com/p/spence-teach…