https://danluu.com/nothing-works/

A nice analysis of the flaws in stock MBA thinking

“WHAT HAPPENED? La Roja, who were initially staying in Palmerston North – a city in New Zealand – have now shifted base and moved to Wellington. As per media reports, the primary for their shifting of base camp was boredom as the team felt there was nothing much to do in Palmerston North” https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/spain-leave-women-world-cup-base-camp-palmerston-north-boredom-city-mayor-inviting-night-out/blt8ed2f7d94c46da9b#:~:text=WHAT%20HAPPENED%3F%20La%20Roja%2C%20who%20were%20initially%20staying%20in%20Palmerston%20North%20%2D%20a%20city%20in%20New%20Zealand%20%2D%20have%20now%20shifted%20base%20and%20moved%20to%20Wellington.%20As%20per%20media%20reports%2C%20the%20primary%20for%20their%20shifting%20of%20base%20camp%20was%20boredom%20as%20the%20team%20felt%20there%20was%20nothing%20much%20to%20do%20in%20Palmerston%20North

Christopher Lydon is shocked. Shocked! At the recent treatment of a Harvard president at the hands of a House subcommittee, and the subsequent folding of the administration. He wonders how we got here.

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYWRpb29wZW5zb3VyY2Uub3JnL2ZlZWQ/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYWRpb29wZW5zb3VyY2Uub3JnLz9wPTM2MjA1?ep=14

Before the Nazi administration of Germany turned that country into the most despised on the planet, it represented the peak of Western civilization. Some of the greatest educational institutions in the world were in Germany. It might behoove us to ask what happened to them in the period between the Nazis taking power and the advent of World war II.

https://cdm.link/2024/01/phil-niblock-unstoppable/

I played at Experimental Intermedia downtown sometime in the ’90s, and I’ve been at several events there. Memorable. A nice short eulogy from Scanner, too.