Haidt seems pretty good, but like the pretty good Rauch, blind to the huge multi-decade problem in academia.
Discrimination against Republicans.
Republicans in Congress should require gov't colleges to NOT discriminate based on politics - and end all gov't support to those private colleges that do. Including tax-exempt status for Harvard, the huge hedge fund that also has a college (like Yale, Princeton & Stanford, the Big 4 HYPS).
Hammond: “If I could find the Will to Believe, I’d probably be Mormon.” Is William James making a 21st century comeback?
I love the idea of emulating The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (obviously I am a member, or I would have written “Mormons”). My recommendation would be to start by examining the Fast Offerings program for helping needy church members. Would be amazing if this sort of ultra-efficient global program could be replicated or scaled to impact more of the community outside of the church itself.
But in the end I don’t think you get the rewards of a religious society without the sacrifices of a religious faith.
Came across Adam Ozimek, Richard Florida, Arpit Gupta, and Matt Clancy talking about the current pre-network state. There was a brief mention of the connections between Austin and Silicon Valley, and Miami and NYC. Also whether there will be a new city in America that passes a quarter million people in the near future. They also claim there is not a robust good literature on good local governance.
It was interesting to hear Florida talk about the virtues of the Rust Belt with regard to schools and housing in contrast to 15 to 20 years ago with the Who's Your City stuff and how great NY and San Francisco were for the single creative class members. A small part of why my wife went to Grad school in the Rust Belt was because of Florida and my reaction to his insights/data on housing.
Whenever Peter Zeihan and his bold predictions are mentioned I can't help but think of Richard Florida and his dynamic confident assertions of two decades ago. It wouldn't surprise me that both are more right than wrong in the long run, but as a non-elite, non-content creating person my take aways are not usually to run towards where their assertions lead.
Heidt: Admirable move, although for a high profile guy like him, I think he could have made a better stink with a statement to the effect that his research does not "advances 'equity, inclusion, and anti-racism goals'" any more than any well done research does, the True generally being consistent with the Good, and dare them to expel him!
Haidt seems pretty good, but like the pretty good Rauch, blind to the huge multi-decade problem in academia.
Discrimination against Republicans.
Republicans in Congress should require gov't colleges to NOT discriminate based on politics - and end all gov't support to those private colleges that do. Including tax-exempt status for Harvard, the huge hedge fund that also has a college (like Yale, Princeton & Stanford, the Big 4 HYPS).
Hammond: “If I could find the Will to Believe, I’d probably be Mormon.” Is William James making a 21st century comeback?
I love the idea of emulating The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (obviously I am a member, or I would have written “Mormons”). My recommendation would be to start by examining the Fast Offerings program for helping needy church members. Would be amazing if this sort of ultra-efficient global program could be replicated or scaled to impact more of the community outside of the church itself.
But in the end I don’t think you get the rewards of a religious society without the sacrifices of a religious faith.
Came across Adam Ozimek, Richard Florida, Arpit Gupta, and Matt Clancy talking about the current pre-network state. There was a brief mention of the connections between Austin and Silicon Valley, and Miami and NYC. Also whether there will be a new city in America that passes a quarter million people in the near future. They also claim there is not a robust good literature on good local governance.
https://twitter.com/InnovateEconomy/status/1578388426143010818?cxt=HHwWhMC8nab6x-crAAAA
It was interesting to hear Florida talk about the virtues of the Rust Belt with regard to schools and housing in contrast to 15 to 20 years ago with the Who's Your City stuff and how great NY and San Francisco were for the single creative class members. A small part of why my wife went to Grad school in the Rust Belt was because of Florida and my reaction to his insights/data on housing.
Whenever Peter Zeihan and his bold predictions are mentioned I can't help but think of Richard Florida and his dynamic confident assertions of two decades ago. It wouldn't surprise me that both are more right than wrong in the long run, but as a non-elite, non-content creating person my take aways are not usually to run towards where their assertions lead.
Heidt: Admirable move, although for a high profile guy like him, I think he could have made a better stink with a statement to the effect that his research does not "advances 'equity, inclusion, and anti-racism goals'" any more than any well done research does, the True generally being consistent with the Good, and dare them to expel him!