#SOCIETY

Akash Shetye

AkashShetye

I'm actually reading some old texts on these free speech debates to see if they can inform my thinking. One thing that's noticeable is many of them are written when

Akhilesh

akhileshutup

Insights from @naval on meditation. A powerful thread. 1. Meditation is not you going through thoughts - it’s letting thoughts go through you. 2. Yoga cultivates Peace of Body. Meditation

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

The thing you need to understand about the Trump Administration is that there is no Trump Administration.There's an illusion of a government presented by a collection of criminals whose only

Razaul Haq Ansari

RazaulHaqAnsari

The Mughals considered Pasmanda to be a low born and therefore did not give him in high positions. The Muslim League also considered Pasmanda to be low born (razil) and

Jennifer Cabrera

jhaskinscabrera

We started out with Sweden's plan; Sweden's plan was accepted as THE WAY to deal with pandemics before March.We were told that we needed to "pause" to make sure we

Shay Castle

shayshinecastle

The other news is that End the Muni will likely not make it (Still ~1,000 signatures short with one week to go).I wanted to highlight the part of this story

Reina/Musiqreiv

Musiqreiv

The only thing I keep seeing replaying in my head is the photographer running up mad eagerly to get his close-up MONEY AND LIKES shot of the protestors being brutalized.

ken montenegro

kmontenegro

Had a call today with some dear smart friends...cooked dinner and the following pieces are still marinating in my brain: 1/n How can we take advantage of this moment the

eigenrobot

eigenrobot

thinking about society rnconsider the following many interactions in society are governed by implicit contracts, or explicit contracts with implicit implications ("incomplete contracts")im not talking about Rousseau's garbage

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender

Today, reading a paper for the class I'm teaching, I was stunned to find a connection to a paper I'm currently working on on what I thought of as an

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

My Harvard ‘03 classmate Jared Kushner got in because his parents donated $2.5 million to Harvard. Me? I taught myself to take the SAT there was no $ for a

Christian Weber

classicwebdog

One thing I've noticed from my fellow white people surrounding the murder of George Floyd is that we point out the structure of white supremacy without directly involving themselves. 1/n

Dr Muna Abdi #JusticeForShukri

Muna_Abdi_Phd

So many zoom discussions this week focussing on Racism (with majority White people in each session)... and I can't tell you how problematic some of those spaces are.[Thread] The amount

AnnElizabeth Konkel

AE_Konkel

Nonmedical essential jobs, like grocery store worker, are critical to society functioning right now. Despite these jobs postings falling less than the national avg, job seekers are now less interested

Clay Travis

ClayTravis

78% of unarmed people killed by police last year were white, Hispanic or Asian. This data always stuns people. The media’s fear porn is destructive to our country. Social media

Jeff Siracuse, MD, MBA

JeffSiracuse

I would like to apologize for the paper “Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons.” Our intent was to empower surgeons to be aware and then personally