Chad Aaron Hall

The evolutions of Harvard and the Times point towards a transformed economic reality for institutions in the media and education. Catering to fashionable ideological tastes has become the only way to survive in a market far less oriented around geography. The protests, the firings, the crazy student demands—these are the habits that rise to the... See more

“Entertaining” does kind of work—albeit entertaining in the way a car crash is, where you can’t look away. But I don’t think it’s specific enough. It’s not the real measurable angle. Instead, what I think is that if you look at America from around a decade ago, say, 2012 on, the more apt descriptor is that American culture is increasingly unable to... See more

Research requires understanding the history, theory, and practices of the discipline(s) you work within . Each discipline has its own particular history, and contemporary researchers are often elaborating upon, responding to, and reacting against that history.

The point of the podcast is not to convey information, since text is a far more efficient medium for that purpose.

It’s better for authors to think persistently and write occasionally than the other way around.

But on Substack, you’re paid monthly, creating pressure to churn out regular updates. Since it’s impossible to have interesting novel thoughts twice a week every week, this also means writers skew heavily towards summarizing the news, pumping out quick... See more

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