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Hidden from history: Archivists reveal the lives of famous, and not-so-famous, women
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Education should not be intended to make people comfortable; it is meant to make them think.
Jonathan Haidt • The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Expertise isn’t going anywhere: we’re just finding new ways to measure and signal it.
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
Look out for Chesterton’s fence and invoke the Precautionary principle when messing with ancestral systems. Remember this: “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”
Heather Heying • A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
When people express unusual beliefs that are at odds with conventional opinion, like defunding the police or downplaying hard work, or using peculiar vocabulary, often what they are really saying is, “I was educated at a top university” or “I have the means and time to acquire these esoteric ideas.”
Rob Henderson • Luxury Beliefs Are Status Symbols
Tamara Winter: While most experts acknowledge the importance of seeking input from people like this — that is, those with skin in the game — when making decisions, it happens so rarely in practice. It’s not hard to think of examples of this phenomenon across very different industries, from education to healthcare, to city planning and administratio... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
security and full human dignity, and an interest in a just, inclusive and equitable economy that