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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James Fallows on the China Xinjiang / Uighur controversy: “The point about separate fact-universes is one of the sobering marvels of the modern info-age. It’s true within the United States, as discussed long ago here; and it’s true between countries, as China, Turkey, and the rest of the world all digest different versions of the …
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