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Assigned mentorship is dead. So what next?

Business Mentoring

The concept of “mentorship” is fairly important, insofar as young people come into workplaces unclear of the responsibilities and expectations and policies and politics (in part because their higher education experiences don’t prepare them for that), and having someone to help you… Continue Reading

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Can we solve the problem with job descriptions?

Probably not. Continue Reading

Aaron Rodgers is not actually good in big games

Aaron Rodgers Peyton Manning

Football is a team sport, and playoff wins and losses are on everyone; certainly it’s never just the QB, even if the QB has a horrible performance. But the way we tend to think about sports invites a narrative that a… Continue Reading

MLK was a flawed man. Maybe that’s the point.

MLK Was Flawed. It's OK.

Here’s a couple of concepts we generally know about MLK, but don’t often discuss: He cheated on his wife He smoked cigarettes fairly regularly; his autopsy at 39 claimed his heart was about 60 He apparently plagiarized portions of his doctoral dissertation… Continue Reading

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A practical, vocational college major is a terrible fucking idea

Colleges Don't Prepare Students For Work

Honestly, sometimes when I look at the gap between “what universities do to prepare students” and “how potential employers view students,” I silently weep to myself. The gap between A and B is a fucking chasm; it’s about 1,000 times… Continue Reading

The 1% will soon own more than the bottom 50%, eh? We’re all totally doomed.

Top 1 Percent World's Wealth

I think by this point, most people understand the idea that institutionalized wealth is pretty much everything, and the people that have it ultimately strive to protect it, and often they do a pretty good job of doing so. New data is… Continue Reading

Was Blaine Bennett the Purdue coach who rejected Aaron Rodgers?

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers is 31, and the Seattle Seahawks are a young team that could become a dynasty — so the idea that he may tear through the NFC for years just like Tom Brady did with the AFC is maybe not… Continue Reading

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TV needs to stop canceling Emily Kapnek shows

Emily Kapnek Selfie

Emily Kapnek is known for a handful of sitcoms: Emily’s Reasons Why Not, Suburgatory, and Selfie. The other three things those shows are known for? They were all cancelled — in the case of Why Not and Selfie, that happened pretty fast (within the first season). Suburgatory lasted… Continue Reading