Really interesting (to me) ‘Thought Nuggets’ I’ve read, watched or listened to this past month. Things that helped me think a little harder, and learn a little more.
Opinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome
In my 22 years as a Harvard professor, I have not been afraid to bite the hand that feeds me. So I’m hardly an apologist when I say the invective aimed at Harvard has become unhinged - Steven Pinker
Makers Hate Meetings and Managers Can’t Live Without Them
Makers and managers live in different worlds. The friction between them isn’t about who works harder, it’s about how differently we work.
Harvard, you’ve got a problem — but Donald Trump’s war will backfire
Antisemitism and political intolerance on campus needed to be confronted. But assaulting academia rarely works — ask James II — and the president’s approach risks making martyrs of the worst offenders - Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson: Why UATX is the Anti-Harvard
University of Austin (UATX) co-founder Niall Ferguson on Harvard’s current failures, President Trump’s response, and what a historic Oxford conflict can teac…
Africa Day — before Europe pays reparations, Africa must settle its own debts
Any funds received from former colonisers must build primary health centres, schools and new towns — not second homes in Switzerland
People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions
A startling number of ChatGPT uses are developing intense, reality-bending AI delusions. The impacts on their real lives are often disastrous.
The Curious Story of a Checkers Trolley at the River
6 months later and that trolley hasn’t moved. The 8 year old voice inside of me keeps shouting that we should take it home.
Crisis in Madikwe: Too many elephants or just an excuse to kill them?
At a recent Parliamentary Committee hearing the tourism board claimed that there are too many elephants in Madikwe and that overpopulation threatens biodiversity and leads to habitat degradation. And yet, there is no published scientific data on whether that translates as ‘too many’ or whether there is indeed a negative impact on Madikwe’s biodiversity.
