The bullshit detector’s survival guide, by Steven Schwartz open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw… In a world of waffle and weasel words, plain speaking is a small act of rebellion. Here are 7 ways to recognise bullshit and laugh it off the stage. #bullshit #language #satire

We pretend to teach, and students pretend to learn, by Steven Schwartz In our brave new AI world, academics pretend to teach, students pretend to learn, and administrators pretend it all adds up to something called higher education. open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw…

"If everyone is pretending, why not drop the act? Why hang around for three or four years when your assignments can be churned out by an algorithm in minutes? The traditional university model, built on the idea that a degree represents hard-earned knowledge, is turning into an

The Age of Bullshit In a world of “frameworks,” “stakeholders,” and “outcomes,” public language is losing its grip on meaning. stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/the-age-of-b… #bullshit #language #politics

The Bullshit Detector's Survival Guide In a world of waffle and weasel words, plain speaking is a small act of rebellion. Here are seven ways to recognise bullshit, challenge it, and, if necessary, laugh it off the stage. #bullshit #language #politics stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/the-bullshit…

The Fraying of Reality Is a fake summer reading list a harmless AI "hallucination" or a glimpse of something more troubling: a culture slowly surrendering to the smooth, convincing voice of unreality? stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/the-fraying-… #AI #reality #meaning #fake

Degrees of difficulty Universities are struggling. Staff see livelihoods at risk, students see disruption, and managers see balance sheets collapsing. Everyone is right — which is precisely why nobody is happy. stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/degrees-of-d… #highered

Getting dumber: the reverse Flynn effect and the politics of denial For decades, humanity appeared to be getting smarter. Then, inconveniently, it wasn’t. stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/getting-dumb… #IQ #education #FlynnEffect #intelligence #universities

Getting dumber: the reverse Flynn effect and the politics of denial, by Steven Schwartz open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw… #Education #schools

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The ghost in the machine, by Steven Schwartz stevenschwartz.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in… Why we keep talking as if we have two minds — and why it matters.

The ghost in the machine, by Steven Schwartz open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw…

There is, in the end, only one of us here, body, brain, mind, soul, not a ghost in a machine, but a single, fragile, formidable human being. And recognising that is the beginning of real wisdom.

A Christmas Carol, by Steven Schwartz A Christmas Carol Why a book so often dismissed as sentimental has never gone out of print—and what our discomfort with being moved says about us. open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw… #Christmas #Dickens #wisdom #love

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When universities forgot how to say no, by Steven Schwartz open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw…

Humanity has more knowledge than ever before, but all that knowledge has not made us wise. We all need meaning and purpose in our lives. Ash Wednesday , by Steven Schwartz #ashwednesday open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw…

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The mental health system is making us sicker, by Steven Schwartz #mentalhealth #psychiatry. Measure the mental health system by how many people no longer require it. open.substack.com/pub/stevenschw…