Archives: Tweets
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Meanwhile, the scallop ceviche, roast beets, and tuna tartare are excellent.
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My kids are admittedly far from these questions. And perhaps I’m naive. But this is a totally soul-less approach. Feels like a lot of what’s wrong with American culture education. It’s not a genuine moment in life: Just another relative competitive accomplishment.
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Everything about *where you can get in*. Not one mention of where / when / what constitutes a good education. Or where their kids might be happy, grow, or become good people.
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…How to choose high-school athletics to appeal to admissions committed; don’t bother with student government; pursue music and arts to appeal to universities schools with reputations for athletics; concealing test prep advisors from one another.
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Listening to two mothers of high school seniors discuss how to get their daughters into college. Brutally practical perspective: which essay writing service to use; plannning study abroad destinations based on perceived admissions impact according to application consultants.
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When you’re looking for a textbook example of ‘the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed’, you can always quote McKinsey. Retrospectively. twitter.com/FastCoDesign/s…
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RT @openculture: Watch the German Expressionist Film, The Golem, with a Soundtrack by The Pixies’ Black Francis goo.gl/nXBZIf htt…
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RPG’ers – challenge you to find any three @GOP candidates in major races who aren’t at least 60% here: “Lich” on @Wikipedia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lich?wpro…
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‘Republicans are ossifying’. No shit. This years @GOP candidates have essentially crawled from the crypt to stand for election. Hard not to see how a Republican vote is literally a vote for the dead past. theguardian.com/us-news/2018/n…