Author: Jim

Gentrification will only create diverse public schools if white parents stop hoarding resources, @nhannahjones says.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/12/progressives-are-undermining-public-schools/548084/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot https://a.co/d/g4eOk0V

The race between technological disruption and democracy isn’t new—but today’s new tech poses tremendous new challenges, Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy Weinstein write.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/democracy-is-losing-its-race-with-disruption/619983/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“The American tech industry has never been an entrepreneurial free-for-all,” @RrjohnR writes. “Much of the country’s information infrastructure was built atop a telephone system that depended on local, state, and federal regulation.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/tech-regulation-bell-system/676110/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Wealthy donors such as the LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman have plenty of personal reasons—billions, even—to oppose Lina Khan, @jcbeam writes. But they say they’re motivated by concern for the little guy:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/silicon-valley-lina-khan-antitrust/679655/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure

There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/opinion/loneliness-epidemic-aei-education.html?smid=em-share

Conservatives Fighting Over Reagan’s Legacy Overlook What Made Him Successful

That bodes poorly for the G.O.P.’s future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/opinion/ronald-reagan-legacy.html?smid=em-share

What Kamala Harris Needs to Do to Take On China

Washington cannot win “the competition for the 21st century” against Beijing by itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opinion/kamala-harris-china.html?smid=em-share

Abraham Lincoln’s Wiliest Trick Should Be a Lesson for Biden

A model of how a lame duck can nobly serve the nation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/abraham-lincoln-lesson-biden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk4.73u0.U29xzVq8TtHj&smid=em-share