"'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
sascha benjamin cohen
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right problem, wrong solution. Also, completely ignores an entire cohort entering the system who are, in broad strokes, nearly illiterate.
This comes after 1,000 faculty members signed an open letter expressing alarm at the poor math skills of students admitted since 2020, when UC stopped accepting the SAT and ACT standardized tests.
smart phones aren't smart.
social media isn't social.
artificial intelligence isn't intelligent.
money is not speech.
“What I want is freedom, not better conditions of subjugation.”
- Laila Lalami, Conditional Citizens
well this is anything but promising.
I know it's crazy talk, but "I have to break the law because obeying the law is too haaaaarrrrd" seems to me to be a relatively nonviable business model.
it's 7pm in WDC, and there is still an extra name up on the wall of the Kennedy Center.
Do I have to come over and do it myself?
