Month: February 2024
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Safety Net – Longreads
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Safety Net – Longreads These days, when you work as a librarian in America, there is no lack of emergencies. via Longreads: http://longreads.com/2024/02/27/safety-net-public-libraries/ To be a public servant in America is to contend with a fair amount of trauma. The institutions are collapsing, and public librarians, especially, have a front row seat to the fallout.…
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What It’s Like to Be a Sociopath – The New York Times
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What It’s Like to Be a Sociopath “Just because I don’t care about you doesn’t mean I want to cause you more pain,” says Patric Gagne, author of a new memoir about her sociopathy. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/25/magazine/patric-gagne-interview.html Are you able to describe how you’ve built a sense of morality? Just because I don’t care about someone…
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An American Education: Notes from UATX – The New Inquiry
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An American Education: Notes from UATX revolution in education! A resuscitation of the university mission! To happen in, of all places, not the pompous old northeast or the debauched West Coast, not New York or California but the countr… via The New Inquiry: https://thenewinquiry.com/an-american-education-notes-from-uatx/ In the ensuing Q&A, however, at least one person in the…