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by barry-cotter 7d ago
> In 2011, Scotland destroyed its secondary school curriculum, once ranked among the best in the world. It was not the first country to do so. > Between 1990 and 2010, Sweden, France, Germany, Japan, and England — among many others —
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The Destruction of the Scottish Canon(asteriskmag.com)
4 points by barry-cotter 7d ago|1 comments
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by barry-cotter 14d ago
I cycle everywhere in Shanghai and I would not even buy a bike if I lived in the US. Motorcycles are for wannabe organ donors. Maybe I’d change my mind if robocars took over from human driven ones but I’d be hesitant about commuting by bike
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How to buy a good car for $1000(abio.substack.com)
145 points by barry-cotter 14d ago|233 comments
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The Shortage of Marriageable Women(rbaumeisterexistentialcontrarian.substack.com)
3 points by barry-cotter 15d ago|0 comments
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The Rise and Fall of Crime(nicholasdecker.substack.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 16d ago|1 comments
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The Cordon Sanitaire/Brandmauer Was a Mistake(twitter.com)
5 points by barry-cotter 19d ago|0 comments
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by barry-cotter 19d ago
Decline is used in the article only to refer to test scores and budgetary shortfalls are laid at the feet of a school board caving in to union demands. At no point is there any suggestion that money is a limiting factor in raising student a
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"The Heroic Ideal – A Personal Odyssey" by Diana Wynne Jones(petson.livejournal.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 20d ago|0 comments
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Men Are Slaves to the Women Here(ggd.world)
2 points by barry-cotter 21d ago|0 comments
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by barry-cotter 21d ago
Seattle public school spending per student has ~tripled in the last twenty years. There has been no meaningful decline.
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The Silicon Man(arenamag.com)
1 points by barry-cotter 21d ago|0 comments
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The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools(educationprogress.org)
8 points by barry-cotter 22d ago|6 comments
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Scott Galloway: The Impossibility of Turning Men into the Progressiv9(conorfitzgerald.com)
1 points by barry-cotter 22d ago|0 comments
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Just Bury Your Trash(worksinprogress.co)
4 points by barry-cotter 24d ago|1 comments
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European Stagnation Is Real(siliconcontinent.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 27d ago|1 comments
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Other People – Neil Gaiman(xpressenglish.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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Don't Make Fun of Renowned Dan Brown(onehundredpages.wordpress.com)
4 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|1 comments
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Verifiable Domains Will Eat the World(twitter.com)
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The Cognitive Barrier to Teaching(educationrealist.substack.com)
1 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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[BOOK REVIEW] The Escape Artist(astralcodexten.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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Jason Arday Did a Lot of Harm(etanaedelman.substack.com)
16 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|1 comments
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Elite Deformation(thecritic.co.uk)
2 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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Give Up on Your Creative Dreams(russellwalter.substack.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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An Editor's Guide to Spotting AI Writing(capx.co)
1 points by barry-cotter 1mo ago|0 comments
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Y Combinator is doing things(twitter.com)
3 points by barry-cotter 2mo ago|0 comments
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[STORY] A Realistic Scenario(twitter.com)
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How do you make a 250x better vaccine at 1/10 the cost? Develop it in India(owlposting.com)
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by barry-cotter 2mo ago
> Fertility rates in higher and middle-income countries have reached record lows. Today, over 2 billion people – more than a quarter of the global population – live in countries with a total fertility rate below 1.3. This level would lea
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The global fertility freefall: trends, drivers and uncertainties(sciencedirect.com)
2 points by barry-cotter 2mo ago|2 comments

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