Susie Bright asks: What makes a person change the course of their life? Why bother learning stuff? Social Media Venn diagram As he turns in his dissertation, Cal Newport (of Study Hacks blog fame) reflects on his grad-school experience A thought on the university as “an ethically superior institution” James Fallows is back in the …
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Haunting poem. Leddy on academic entitlement. Why I don’t use “lol” in emails. Example 2 is the killer. Brooks on the benevolent power of institutional thinking. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? Wonder no more with the Ground Zero Calculator. [via Librarian of Fortune]
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