On Bullshit Jobs – RSA
According to a 2015 YouGov poll, 37% of the UK population believe their job makes no meaningful contribution to the world. And despite the time-saving advances promised by technology, we’re
Team Human – RSA
Influential thinker Douglas Rushkoff argues that there is an anti-human agenda embedded in our markets and technologies, which has turned them from means of human connection into ones of isolation
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Nice addition to the list of fifteen books I posted yesterday. In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and
When anything goes, no one is safe
“A new and chilling normal is coming into view,” Miliband concluded. “Civilians seen as fair game for armed combatants, humanitarians seen as an impediment to military tactics and therefore unfortunate
15 History Books You Didn’t Get Assigned In School But Definitely Need To Read
They say that history is written by the victors, but what happens when those victors decide to leave the important details out? All too often, history texts and academic courses
Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider review – the best criticism of identity politics | Books | The Guardian
Identity politics finds critics everywhere. Throw a rock at a rack of newspapers and you’ll probably hit an editorial condemning it. Conservatives such as Republican House speaker Paul Ryan blame
My teaching philosophy
This is really the first assignment I give for reading in all of my courses. It is to let students know why I believe they should make a place for
