February 2012
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“It’s natural the Boys should whoop it up for
so huge a phallic triumph,...”
– W. H. Auden - Moon Landing
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Megan McArdle - Envisioning a Post-Campus America →
So, the academy is doomed. This is kinda something we knew. The reason this time is the rise of online learning. Basically a degree from MIT online, while not as good as a degree from MIT offline, is better than a degree from State Ag U. As such, there’s going to be a flight from expensive physical school to cheap online schools. The result is the gutting of all but a few of the existing...
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New York Times - Communists solidify opposition... →
Still, there were some young people who said they hoped for a Communist resurgence.
“Many mistakes were made during the Soviet period which had to be corrected, but that did not mean that the great country had to be destroyed,” said Aleksandr Golikov, 34, a teacher from Zelenograd, outside Moscow.
“There are other, more attractive slogans, like ‘Nationalization of Natural Resources,’”...
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“Nietzsche thought that the truth was rarely ever useful. He thought errors,...”
– WSJ.com - American Nietzsche
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