(Thanks to Jeff Zymeri for the pointer) Here’s David Brooks’ “The tragedy of the SID”: This eventually became his book Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There. If you’re anything like me, you have a very strong opinion of David Brooks. That’s for another post. And/but this is undeniably aContinue reading “Status-Income Disequilibrium”
Monthly Archives: March 2021
A vet committed suicide after suffering from tinnitus. Will people start caring about their hearing health now?
An open letter to anyone who cares to listen. On March 21, 2021, the NYTimes reported that Kent Taylor, a veteran and founder of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, took his own life: Here is a reader comment on the story: And another: Tinnitus, a ringing in the ears associated with hearing loss, affects betweenContinue reading “A vet committed suicide after suffering from tinnitus. Will people start caring about their hearing health now?”
12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 3)
Part 3 of a 3-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. 9. AnneMarie Luijendijk (Head of First College, Professor of Religion, Chair of the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity, Princeton University) I am still processing what happened this past year: the immense tragedy of the pandemic and the important urgency of theContinue reading “12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 3)”
12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 2)
Part 2 of a 3-part series. Read Part 1 here. 5. Noah Schochet (Prototype Engineer, ThirdEye Gen) When the pandemic hit, and all the students were sent home, we all found ourselves thrown into a new, uncertain environment that forced us to adapt quickly. No matter who you were, where you lived, or what youContinue reading “12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 2)”
12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 1)
Part 1 of a 3-part series. As we approach the anniversary of the first COVID lockdown in the United States, I asked twelve people what they’ve learned in the past 12 months. Here’s what they told me: 1. Ally Dalman (Software Engineer, Google) I learned that what I value most is being able to spendContinue reading “12 Things We Learned in 12 Months of the Pandemic (Part 1)”
The ones who were happy about the pandemic
Most people I know think the pandemic is awful. But some of my friends are actually happy about it. These friends are not heartless. They just think that the pandemic is all part of G-d’s plan. If G-d is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, then he would create the best world for us, and this isContinue reading “The ones who were happy about the pandemic”
Political Ideals
I picked up Bertrand Russell’s Political Ideals (1917) earlier in the pandemic and was struck by its sensibility: Few men seem to realize how many of the evils from which we suffer are wholly unnecessary, and that they could be abolished by a united effort within a few years. If a majority in every civilizedContinue reading “Political Ideals”
Sarah W. Hirschfield 