The Income Gap Jeopardizing Retirement for Millions - The New York Times
Fascinating read.
The Misguided War on the SAT - The New York Times
“Standardized test scores are a much better predictor of academic success than high school grades,” Christina Paxson, the president of Brown University, recently wrote. Stuart Schmill — the dean of admissions at M.I.T., one of the few schools to have reinstated its test requirement — told me, “Just getting straight A’s is not enough information for us to know whether the students are going to succeed or not.”
An academic study released last summer by the group Opportunity Insights, covering the so-called Ivy Plus colleges (the eight in the Ivy League, along with Duke, M.I.T., Stanford and the University of Chicago), showed little relationship between high school grade point average and success in college. The researchers found a strong relationship between test scores and later success.
Likewise, a faculty committee at the University of California system — led by Dr. Henry Sánchez, a pathologist, and Eddie Comeaux, a professor of education — concluded in 2020 that test scores were better than high school grades at predicting student success in the system’s nine colleges, where more than 230,000 undergraduates are enrolled. The relative advantage of test scores has grown over time, the committee found.
Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2 - Apple
Clear: Uniquely Simple and Colorful Listing for iPhone
What the 2024 Capital-Gains Tax Brackets Mean for Your Investments - WSJ
It’s Time to Dismantle the Technopoly | The New Yorker
I Read 200 Books on Money: These 19 Will Make You Rich - YouTube
Which US states have the best — and worst — road quality?
Yesterday
HEY Calendar - This alone is worth the price of admission!
2024 Presidential Election Calendar: Primary, Caucus & Event Dates — Getcha popcorn ready!
More Teens Who Use Marijuana Are Suffering From Psychosis - WSJ — show this to your patients.
APOD: 2024 January 10 - The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
Bill Belichick Is Out as Coach of the New England Patriots - WSJ
I think with Tom Brady’s success in Tampa, we now know that Belicheck was overrated.
How Lloyd Austin’s Deputy Ended Up Running the Pentagon From the Beach - WSJ
While Austin was in the hospital—and White House and senior officials at the Pentagon were unaware who was in charge—the U.S. carried out a deadly drone strike against an Iranian-backed militia leader in Baghdad, and issued an ultimatum to Yemen’s Houthi rebel group to cease its attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea or face the consequences.
This is truly amazing.
Perfection.
My Top Five Fountain Pens
- Lamy 2000 - The greatest pen of all time. No question. Great design. Great durability. Great nib.
- Parker 51 - I have 2 original 51’s. They have the smoothest nibs and best ergonomics of any pen I’ve ever used.
- TWSBI 580 - Smooth nib, easy to disassemble. A $500-quality pen at one-tenth of the cost.
- Lamy Vista - There is something about this pen. It’s clear/demonstrator. The nib is very good. It’s easy to break down and clean. It’s cheap.
- Kaweco Sport - Smooth nib, portable. A lot of styles to choose from.
Finished reading: How to Be a High School Superstar by Cal Newport 📚
Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 📚 — Started today. Long book. Ready for the journey!
A Day in the Life of Today’s Parent, as Imagined by Grandparents - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
First 35 minutes is high yield. A clever implementation of GTD.
The Coach Who Has Five Teams in the NFL Playoffs - WSJ
What to Eat During a Power Outage - Consumer Reports
Defense Primer: Command and Control of Nuclear Forces - EveryCRSReport.com
How Classical Is Indian Classical Dance? | The New Yorker
In the wake of the Jewish crisis, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton chose to adopt what might be called the “best graduates” approach to admissions. France’s École Normale Supérieure, Japan’s University of Tokyo, and most of the world’s other élite schools define their task as looking for the best students—that is, the applicants who will have the greatest academic success during their time in college. The Ivy League schools justified their emphasis on character and personality, however, by arguing that they were searching for the students who would have the greatest success after college. They were looking for leaders, and leadership, the officials of the Ivy League believed, was not a simple matter of academic brilliance.