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I made you some poems

Austin Kleon • 2318 implied HN points • 02 May 23
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Creating art can be a source of comfort and inspiration. Making blackout poems is one way to express creativity and find joy in the process.
  2. It's important for teachers and artists to keep practicing their craft. Staying engaged in making things helps them grow and inspire others.
  3. Feedback from others can motivate artists to create more. Positive comments can encourage experimentation and exploration in their artistic journey.

Grandiose Narcissism, Stamina, Claremont McKenna College

Rob Henderson's Newsletter • 890 implied HN points • 10 Jun 25
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Praising kids too much can actually lead to grandiose narcissism instead of healthy self-esteem. It's better to encourage them to develop confidence in a balanced way.
  2. Many young men are not working and rely on government help. Increased screen time, especially from video games and porn, is a big part of why they're working less.
  3. Surprisingly, getting intimate with a regulated sex worker in Nevada may be safer from STIs than being with an average young woman in San Antonio.

Waiting for the miracle

Austin Kleon • 3417 implied HN points • 23 Dec 22
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Trying times can bring both fun and challenges, like dealing with a painful kidney stone. It's important to find joy and comfort from friends even in tough situations.
  2. Reading can be a delightful escape, and keeping lists helps to remember our favorite books and moments from the year. It's fun to reflect on what we've enjoyed.
  3. Good advice often reminds us to focus on what we want instead of just running away from negativity. It's all about moving towards something positive.
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Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting

One Useful Thing • 2199 implied HN points • 24 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Education
  1. Most people struggle to use AI correctly because they treat it like a search engine. Instead, it works better when you give it detailed tasks and prompts.
  2. Getting to know AI takes time; spending about 10 hours using it can help you figure out what it can do for your work or daily tasks.
  3. Think of AI as a patient coworker who forgets everything after each chat. Be clear about what you want, ask for many variations, and have a conversation to get the best results.

How and What Are You Learning as an Adult?

Culture Study • 1756 implied HN points • 17 Jan 25
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Learning as an adult is important for personal growth. It helps you understand yourself and the world better.
  2. There are many ways to learn, including asking questions and engaging with others. Conversations with diverse people can offer new insights.
  3. Embracing continuous learning can lead to better relationships and a more fulfilling life. It's never too late to start learning something new.

Summer School is In

The Honest Broker Newsletter • 755 implied HN points • 23 Jun 25
🌞 Climate & Environment Education
  1. Climate change is a big issue that affects the economy, and there are many different opinions on how to deal with it.
  2. The course aims to teach students about climate science and policies, focusing on practical solutions in a complex political environment.
  3. Students will get access to a reading list that supplements the lectures, helping them explore different perspectives on climate issues.

EXCLUSIVE: Student Visa Applicants with ‘Hostile Attitudes’ Will Be Told They Can’t Come to the U.S.

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 788 implied HN points • 18 Jun 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. The U.S. State Department will now check social media posts of student visa applicants. This is to ensure they don't have negative attitudes towards the U.S. and its values.
  2. If applicants show signs of hostility toward American culture or government, they may be denied entry. This is part of a new policy to make the U.S. safer for its citizens.
  3. This instruction allows visa interviews to continue after a temporary halt, with new requirements for consular officers during the review process.

A Pivotal Year

Of Boys and Men • 99 implied HN points • 30 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Issues affecting boys and men went mainstream in 2025, moving beyond talk to real public and policy attention, especially at the state level.
  2. The American Institute for Boys and Men grew fast, doubling its staff and launching major programs on men in higher education, online life, and K–12, plus new fellows and initiatives.
  3. Several governors rolled out targeted policies—more male teachers, apprenticeships, re‑enrolment drives, mentorship and a Male Service Challenge—and national conversations expanded on male loneliness, HBCU enrollment, caring jobs, sports betting, fatherhood, and rites of passage.

Gender gaps run both ways: the data

Of Boys and Men • 198 implied HN points • 18 Nov 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Gender gap measures should look at both sides, meaning they should assess disadvantages for both men and women. It's important to recognize that sometimes boys and men face challenges too.
  2. The Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR) is criticized for only measuring advantages of women and not recognizing when men are at a disadvantage. This can make it seem like a country is equal when it's not.
  3. There's a big gap in education where more women are enrolled in higher education than men, and this is often overlooked by current reports. A better understanding of these gaps can help in creating more effective policies.

5 Quick Things #299 🏛

The Commonplace • 1277 implied HN points • 22 Sep 23
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. The Roman Empire has a lasting impact on modern Western civilization and there are parallels to our current situation.
  2. Always be learning from history, science, or philosophy with the resources available today.
  3. Focus on true self-care, genuine work, and the importance of education for personal growth.

Fentanyl Is Killing American Kids. Most Don’t Even Know They’re Taking It.

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 4655 implied HN points • 26 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Education
  1. Fentanyl, a potent and deadly drug, is causing a significant number of deaths among teenagers and young adults, often unknowingly consumed through counterfeit pills.
  2. Drug dealers are lacing various substances like pills, cocaine, and meth with fentanyl to increase their profits, leading to a rise in fatal overdoses.
  3. Children and teens need to be educated about the dangers of counterfeit drugs, as these fake pills can look identical to real medications, making it crucial to only take medications from doctors or pharmacists.

Can fiction improve you?

The Common Reader • 2055 implied HN points • 19 Nov 24
📚 Literature Education
  1. Fiction might not really improve you as some believe. Studies show that its benefits, like understanding emotions, are small and not clear-cut.
  2. Reading fiction can be enjoyable, but it could also lead you to accept false beliefs. Sometimes, it sways our thoughts and feelings in ways we might not notice.
  3. The debate on whether fiction is good or bad for us is complicated. It might inspire creativity and reflection, but it's hard to measure how much it truly affects us.

How Bad Therapy Hijacked Our Nation’s Schools

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 4609 implied HN points • 27 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Education
  1. American kids are facing increasing mental health challenges despite being considered the most privileged generation, with a significant percentage considering suicide, indicating a worrisome trend.
  2. The focus on mental health by parents and schools may be inadvertently contributing to the rise in anxiety and depression among children, highlighting a possible correlation between therapy culture and the decline in youth mental well-being.
  3. The prevalence of 'bad therapy' practices, such as excessive emotional check-ins and emphasizing social-emotional learning over traditional academic subjects, is suggested to be exacerbating emotional distress in kids, showing a need for reevaluation of current approaches in schools.

Reading List for Chapter 3

Fields & Energy • 199 implied HN points • 31 May 24
🔬 Science Education
  1. To understand electricity and magnetism, start with accessible introductory books. These give a good overview but aren't deeply technical.
  2. For more in-depth study, look into undergraduate textbooks. They cover more complex topics and are aimed at those ready to dig deeper into the science.
  3. Supplementary texts and guides can be very useful. They often explain difficult concepts clearly and may include helpful resources like online solutions and podcasts.

The Only Cure For Internet Poisoning

Reactionary Feminist • 26 implied HN points • 01 Feb 26
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Relying on AI and constant internet access risks a "Great Forgetting" by outsourcing memory and the mental habits needed to think deeply, letting key cognitive faculties wither.
  2. Medieval mnemonic practices and the idea of a tactile, inner "wax tablet" show that deliberate, embodied memorization shapes how we form and hold ideas.
  3. The antidote to internet poisoning is intentional cultivation of non-digital memory—through memorization, meditation, prayer, and other ars memoriae techniques—to rebuild inner resources and preserve cultural thought.

Here Come the Allodidacts

Justin E. H. Smith's Hinternet • 1451 implied HN points • 09 Feb 25
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Reading can be lonely, but sharing the experience with others makes it richer and more meaningful. It opens up opportunities for deep conversations and connections.
  2. Deep reading focuses on truly engaging with texts, often through discussions and activities that enhance understanding. It's not just about reading a lot, but about understanding and connecting with what you're reading.
  3. Creating spaces for people to read together can revitalize the love for reading and learning. These environments help break away from distractions and allow for serious contemplation and growth.

Hating the Humanities

Paroxysms • 359 implied HN points • 08 Apr 24
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Critiques of humanities research funding highlight tensions between relevance and traditional scholarship.
  2. Context collapse in social media can lead to misinterpretation and polarizing effects.
  3. Online debates on academic freedom and transparency underscore challenges in digital spaces.

Numlock News: January 9, 2024 • Cursive, Humpbacks, Relatives

Numlock News • 727 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🔬 Science Education
  1. Cursive is making a comeback in some states, with 11 states reintroducing it in the curriculum.
  2. Whaling on South Georgia Island led to a severe decline in humpback whale populations, but they are now making a comeback.
  3. A study predicts a 35% drop in the number of relatives people will have, with grandparents and great-grandparents becoming more common relatives.

Disaffected: Episode 157

Disaffected Newsletter • 599 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Woke culture has spread widely and affects many areas like medicine, education, and government, even in traditionally conservative areas.
  2. In Montana, a girl with serious trauma was taken from her parents because they disagreed with a medical procedure she was pressured to undergo.
  3. Colorado is considering a law that lets felons change their names if they identify as transgender, raising concerns about transparency for employers and parents.

The Minds of Economists

Bastiat's Window • 609 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
💰 Finance Education
  1. Understanding the minds of economists shapes their work and vision.
  2. Economic thinking leads to humanizing perspectives and ethical considerations.
  3. There is often a contrast between the economic principles known and actual behavior.

Ju Jiandong reimagines the Chinese local state: a new blueprint for Chinese modernisation

Pekingnology • 67 implied HN points • 12 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Education
  1. Delegate real economic power to counties by turning them into professional "holding companies" with a stable revenue stream (about 6.5% of local GDP from VAT) so they can raise funds on capital markets; shares would sell income rights, not ownership of local assets.
  2. Build a much stronger social safety net by raising basic pensions, creating publicly funded childcare and eldercare, extending compulsory schooling to 12 years, and establishing a university in every county; these measures could be financed with long-term bonds costing roughly 140 billion yuan a year.
  3. Aim to create roughly 2,000 "small Singapores" within a unified national market by 2060, shifting to a knowledge-based economy with community clinics, more teachers and nurses, and pro-child policies (like pension multipliers) that together could generate about 30 million professional jobs.

Conversations with Andrew Sullivan and Marilyn Simon

Archedelia • 904 implied HN points • 26 Nov 23
🎙 Podcasts Education
  1. Conversation with Andrew Sullivan on the Dishcast podcast covered a wide range of topics from personal anecdotes to societal issues
  2. The conversation included discussions on bureaucracy, childhood supervision, diversity, and the impact of technology on society
  3. Andrew Sullivan is praised for being a gifted interviewer who brings humanity to his conversations

What's Your Latest Discovery?

Everything Is Amazing • 665 implied HN points • 27 Jun 25
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Everyone can make new discoveries, just like kids do. They find joy in discovering little things without feeling embarrassed.
  2. Adults often shy away from sharing their joys of discovery due to fear of looking silly or not cool. We should embrace our findings and share them.
  3. Personal discovery is exciting and can lead to immense feelings of happiness. It's great to share what we've learned with others.

How the luxury beliefs of an educated elite erode society

Rob Henderson's Newsletter • 4261 implied HN points • 25 Feb 24
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Luxury beliefs confer status at low cost to the upper class, but can be damaging to lower classes.
  2. Affluent individuals often promote harmful lifestyles to others while distancing themselves from the consequences.
  3. The concept of white privilege can be embraced by wealthy white individuals to elevate social status, while those who actually face the repercussions are usually less privileged.

Time to Build: Marc Andreessen on a World in Transition

Jakob Nielsen on UX • 27 implied HN points • 09 Feb 26
🕹 Technology Education
  1. AI is a transformative amplifier that turns cheap silicon into powerful thought, democratizes elite one-on-one tutoring, and can boost intelligence beyond human biological limits.
  2. Demographic decline makes AI urgently needed to sustain economies, but institutional inertia, regulation, and risk aversion threaten to slow real-world impact, so human agency and action are essential.
  3. AI breaks down traditional role boundaries, enabling people to combine coding, design, and product or creative skills, which creates opportunities for superpowered individuals and even one-person or tiny-team billion-dollar companies.

Hollywood's New Private School Arms Race

The Ankler • 569 implied HN points • 03 Feb 24
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. Los Angeles' private schools are becoming more competitive with an increased focus on rebranding and marketing.
  2. Private schools in Los Angeles are facing challenges such as demographic shifts, DEI curriculum overhauls, and mental health issues among students.
  3. The private school market in Los Angeles remains competitive, with parents heavily investing in the admissions process and schools needing to navigate the needs of both parents and students.

Slaves Were More Than Mere Victims

Glenn Loury • 1607 implied HN points • 10 Aug 23
🎭️ Culture Education
  1. The Florida Board of Education's new guidelines for teaching African American history caused controversy.
  2. Critiques of the curriculum were deemed misplaced.
  3. John McWhorter and Glenn Loury shared their perspective on the situation.

Our Navy Needs More of the War, Less of the College

CDR Salamander • 1100 implied HN points • 04 May 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Largest land war in Europe is happening, China surpassing the US in navy size, and Iran hijacking oil tankers are pressing issues.
  2. Naval War College's focus has shifted away from war to topics like gender and peace, raising questions about its alignment with naval priorities.
  3. The symposium at the Naval War College focused on gender issues, peace, and security, rather than warfighting and maritime challenges.

Inside Columbia University’s ‘Museum of Terror’

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 1530 implied HN points • 06 Jan 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Columbia University hosted an exhibit showing tools used for a break-in by anti-Israel protesters. This highlighted significant tensions surrounding the Israel-Palestine issue on campus.
  2. A student, Shoshana Aufzien, attended an event that aimed to promote Palestinian experiences but described it as like visiting a 'museum of terror.' She felt this showed the extreme sentiments present.
  3. The event featured various training sessions, including protest and defense training, signaling a growing mobilization around the pro-Palestine cause among students.

Postmodernism and the Failure of Moral Triage

Peter Boghossian • 1061 implied HN points • 28 Apr 23
📖 Philosophy Education
  1. The problem with peer review in academia is highlighted by the replication crisis in fields like psychology and biological sciences.
  2. Rejecting the ideas of science can lead to dangerous notions like limiting access to truth based on immutable characteristics.
  3. The shift towards woke ideology in education and social psychology has contributed significantly to the propagation of postmodernist ideas.

Kilimanjaro Rest Days

Splattern • 79 implied HN points • 15 Jul 24
🏝 Travel Education
  1. It's important to listen to your body and take rest days when needed, especially before a big adventure like climbing Kilimanjaro.
  2. Building trust is key in helping others. Support is more effective when there's a relationship, not just financial aid.
  3. Sometimes people may not be honest about their capabilities or achievements. It's important to guide them positively while holding them accountable.

Gov. Spencer Cox on boys and men

Of Boys and Men • 63 implied HN points • 10 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Education
  1. Men and boys often need strong anchors—work, family, faith, and community—to give them purpose and stability, and male role models in schools, churches, and civic groups matter a lot.
  2. Most men are doing okay, but a meaningful minority lack a clear sense of purpose and face serious mental-health risks, including high suicide rates, so targeted support is needed.
  3. Practical, nonpartisan solutions—like more vocational pathways and apprenticeships, more male teachers and mentors, fatherhood support, and male-friendly services to re-engage men in education—can help address these problems.