Thought Nuggets I read, watched or listened to this month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more.
Where Are the Grown-Ups?
[Sep 2024] Sam Harris talks about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the cesspool of X, Tucker Carlson’s conversation with Darryl Cooper, freedom of speech, and other topics.
The big idea: why it’s great to be an only child
The notion that it’s bad to be brought up without siblings should be banished for good
From frustration to solidarity: a mother’s struggle with her son’s Afrikaans school placement
A Pretoria mother’s viral TikTok video about her Grade 1 son’s unexpected placement in an Afrikaans-speaking school has sparked an outpouring of support from across South Africa.
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
Guest Essay by Dr. Kalmus
Dr. Kalmus is a climate scientist in Chapel Hill, N.C., studying future extreme heat impacts on human health and ecosystems.
Dr. Kalmus is a climate scientist in Chapel Hill, N.C., studying future extreme heat impacts on human health and ecosystems.
Two of the World’s Leading Thinkers on How the Left Went Astray
By New York Times Opinion
Thomas Piketty is one of the world’s leading economists, a socialist who has been studying the corrosive effects of inequality for decades. Last May, he sat down with Harvard’s Michael Sandel, one of the world’s most prominent political philosophers, for a talk at the Paris School of Economics about the moral limits of markets and the future of the left.
Thomas Piketty is one of the world’s leading economists, a socialist who has been studying the corrosive effects of inequality for decades. Last May, he sat down with Harvard’s Michael Sandel, one of the world’s most prominent political philosophers, for a talk at the Paris School of Economics about the moral limits of markets and the future of the left.
Understanding API in 30 seconds with Beer 🙂
Code With Fourtix. Clever Demonstration of API. What it is and how it works.
Trump Is Uncool. And That’s a Good Thing.
A second Trump term has killed off any notion that a president should be fashionable, writes Peter Savodnik.
Easier Online Shopping: How Google Improves the Journey
Research reveals how consumers use Google Search and YouTube in their shopping journeys to make the whole process easier and more enjoyable.
There’s a New Language Sheriff in Town
Whether renaming the “Gulf of America” or issuing edicts on gender, Trump is enforcing his own brand of political correctness.
Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values
[From May 2024] Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem of "antisemitism" will be counterproductive, widespread confusion about the threat of Islamic extremism, and the necessary defense of Western values.
