Two new books by Cass Sunstein & Nate Silver focus on role of luck & skill, narrative & risk, in shaping success: timmermanreport.com/2024/08/two-ne… . Plus related recommended pieces by Ethan Mollick Jeffrey Flier Jason Mast et al. cc Isaac Kohane Luke Timmerman Michael Mauboussin Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Journal of Experimental Criminology doi.org/10.1007/s11292… How October 7, 2023, changed fear and exposure to hate among Jewish members of universities: a research note Mateus R. Santos1 · Dikla Yogev2 Accepted: 14 August 2024 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer

A list (incomplete) of innovations that have saved lives and increased healthspan, by David J Glass MD. Many more could be added, but all those listed are very important.

Hersh. “Evil” is precisely the right language to use for those who killed him. open.substack.com/pub/smartertim…

The Palestinian terrorists who tortured and murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin are no better than the men who tortured and murdered Emmett Till. 1/3

We must choose liberalism over illiberalism. Strong opinion piece Columbia Daily Spectator The Apartheid Divest movement (CUAD) recently defined themselves as "fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization". Assume that wasn't in their admission app. columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

The kind of diversity Harvard doesn't care about. (ideological diversity, diversity of thought). Excellent student piece @TheCrimson . Heterodox Academy thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…

Read it and weep. I did. - I went to my first Harvard class wondering if I was a victim of a hate crime. ⁦The Harvard Crimson⁩ ⁦Harvard University⁩ thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…

I don’t put much weight on the quantitative ranks, including @harvard being dead last with a score of 0, but I fully accept we are far from where we should be in the realm of free speech, & the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard has much work to do. Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard FIRE

Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary. Terrific essay by Richard Dawkins quillette.com/2024/09/06/ric…

My story of GLP1 development being abandoned in early 90’s due to mistaken decisions by a biotech startup and its pharma partner Pfizer Inc. is now up STAT. Drug development is hard, and even the biggest blockbusters can be prematurely abandoned.

One of biopharma's marvels this decade has been the enormous success of GLP-1 drugs. In a new First Opinion, Jeffrey Flier shares how Pfizer passed on his work on this class of drugs in the '90s. trib.al/j0gRwcV

“If Trump had a mustache, his acolytes would all grow and groom one just like his—as Baath Party loyalists did for Saddam Hussein.” ⁦Mark Leibovich⁩ on the bended knee, who-stole-my-spine crowd that is the Republican Party: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

I can’t vote in the US but I am honored to live here and have always admired it. I don’t much care for Harris or many of her policy positions. But even more after seeing Trump tonight, I look forward to vehemently disagreeing with her for four years as US president.

How Harris Roped a Dope. David Frum The Atlantic

This Harvard student speaks the truth. “Zionist” is not a slur. Harvard University students need to stop using it as one. ⁦The Harvard Crimson⁩ thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…

Does Diversity Training Work? An excellent review ⁦The Chronicle of Higher Education⁩ chronicle.com/article/does-d…

when your doctor dabbles in philosophy