âWith legacy media eroding + book sales sluggish + disinformation spreading + truth under attack by some of our own leaders, millions of people live in idea deserts. For them, Gladwell is a farm standâ âselling junk food⌠Not sure about this nutrition metaphor but the piece is delicious.
âself-help without the practical advice, storytelling without the literariness, nonfiction without the vital truths, entertainment without the pleasure, a thriller without actual revelation and a business book without the actionable insights.â HIT HIM AGAIN! (gift link so can all hate him together)
In âRevenge of the Tipping Point,â the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.
I came back to the college classroom, after an extended absence, and a reporter from the student paper came and wrote a feature on me and am I super cringe about it but also đ đ? why yes medium.com/the-quaker-c...
Professor Michelle Chihara walks into the room, textbooks and coffee balanced against each other as she opens the door to Room 213 inâŚ
an under-discussed dimension of this scotus majority is its bloodthirstiness. it has not yet seen a prisoner it wasnât ready to execute in the name of some properly orderly process
Itâs publication day for my book, *The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a Science*! Be like Tilly and get your paws on a copy!! And if you want a little more info about the book and how it came to be, check out my Q&A with UVA Press on their site: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
I thought this was good. It also has me thinking about the fact that only certain kinds of people in this industry get to be "wunderkinds" or "rising stars." jeremyfassler.medium.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Journalists whoâve defended Nuzzi need to look at themselves in the mirror following her involvement with RFK Jr.
Right. But is there a certain point at which the gestalt shifts and he suddenly appears as ludicrous and weak? Like when hating on Taylor Swift, he suddenly seemed like a little girl, himself, and misogynistically, they donât like that?
Does it matter? Or do people lean into their own ability to make sense of the word salad? Real question.
The Internet Archive has lost its appeal against the publishers (or at least a substantial part of it) If the courts won't preserve digital libraries, writers and independent publishers can do it, just by making sure libraries can own our ebooks blog.archive.org/2024/09/04/i...