Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
92–97% of experts…
The smartest and most relentlessly motivated people in the world knowingly pay away 10% of their income to subsidize this rank corruption and inefficiency merely to be in professional contact with each other during the most formative and high-leverage stages of their careers.
The smartest and most relentlessly motivated people in the world knowingly pay away 10% of their income to subsidize this rank corruption and inefficiency merely to be in professional contact with each other during the most formative and high-leverage stages of their careers.
People surprised at this query haven’t spent a lot of time around “elite human capital”. It’s often people like this, who have basically zero technical skills, but engage with and manipulate concepts 24/7. It’s pure cognitive “work”
People surprised at this query haven’t spent a lot of time around “elite human capital”. It’s often people like this, who have basically zero technical skills, but engage with and manipulate concepts 24/7. It’s pure cognitive “work”
🧵I disagree w/the NYT framing that Republicans and Democrats have equally given up on student learning
At the state level, red states are tackling student achievement; blue states are struggling b/c “equity”
Compare the recent policy decisions in red and blue states:
"A series of studies published in Science in February 2025 provides the best evidence yet that birds and mammals did not inherit the neural pathways that generate intelligence from a common ancestor, but rather evolved them independently." wired.com/story/intellig…
Went to the most wonkishly deranging event today (local earth day festival), where I walked by both (1) a tent promoting “Degrowth in your own backyard” and (2) a gas station promoting a manager position hiring at “60K-75K” salary + benefits
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