Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain

Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain

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Two years ago, The Atlantic featured a distressing story about elite college students who could no longer read books. Last week, The Wall Street Journal offered some hope that things are getting better. An article by Pamela Paul described how Harvard’s ‘brutal’ humanities course, ...  Show more

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