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Perhaps it was the inflated self-importance, a sense of straddling the only two countries in the world that mattered, Middle Kingdom egocentrism meets American exceptionalism.
Neither Here Nor There - Urban Omnibus
This is all economically quite weird. The credential still costs money and at least now, still signals value. It still unlocks jobs, internships, visas, and salaries (although the wage premium has eroded over time). But the effort that used to underwrite that value has vanished.
This is a misalignment problem. The economic signal (the diploma)... See more
This is a misalignment problem. The economic signal (the diploma)... See more
kyla scanlon • The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction
the value of a college degree still exists despite that the work underlying that value is no longer there
writers should live their lives in the form of a question
How to get better at capturing details during interviews (Part 1)
Audre Lorde, self-care and its roots in Black history | MHT
Bryony Porteous-Sebouhianmentalhealthtoday.co.uk
race and talking to people about it
“For black people, the detrimental psychological impact of living most of one’s life adapted and integrated into a system not of one's own, means that self-care is an act of returning to the self in which one's racialised authenticity becomes paramount.”
I read a lot that was repetitive. I still felt like it was worth it. It took time to learn and absorb the material, especially the science, so reading the same thing ten times would drill that into me more. But also, that’s how you learn what is a cliche. You start to realize: Everyone says this, so I won't say it the same way.
Erika Hayasaki • Going From Idea to Published Book
when you learn about an issue and you see everyone is saying the same things about it, don’t say those things again
As a good urbanist, I know I’m supposed to put the physical city experience first: nothing substitutes for the sidewalk ballet, never bet against New York, touch grass, convert offices to housing, if you are tired of the city you are tired of life.
Neither Here Nor There - Urban Omnibus
Workshop: Read newspaper and magazine stories that have anecdotal leads followed by “nut” paragraphs that explain what the story is about. Notice if the level of language moves from the concrete to the more abstract. Find some stories about bureaucracy or public policy that seem stuck in the middle of the ladder of abstraction. What kind of... See more
Roy Peter Clark • Writing Tool #13: Show and Tell - Poynter
✎ on writing on writing and ✎ prompts and activities
exercises for the ladder of abstraction
During our early schooling years, we learn about research as a way of gaining knowledge that we can directly apply to a given task. Here, I try to get students thinking about research in a more expansive way. We talk about how sometimes research isn’t going to make a direct appearance in our written work but, instead, that research will inform our... See more
Roxane Gay • An Annotated Look At My Fall 2024 Syllabus
research as expansive, non-direct
These days, it’s hard to get a book deal for a literary memoir if you’re not famous and don’t have a big platform. You have a better chance of getting a book deal if you pursue what the publishing industry is increasingly referring to as “memoir plus” — memoir plus reportage, for instance, or memoir plus a social history of a topic, or memoir plus... See more