Items on topics that interest me, including art, education, endurance sports, and alcohol abstinence

(Gentle reminder: my sharing something does not necessarily constitute my endorsement of an idea, and certainly does not mean I agree with everything the author has ever written.)

April - June 2021

Gratitude At Work Matters, But Written Thanks Are Best (Forbes)

Why Teens Need a Break This Summer (The New York Times)

Life’s Work: An Interview with Alex Honnold (Harvard Business Review)

If You Want to Be Happy, Try to Make Someone Else Happy (Great Good Magazine)

The Music Industry Is Finally Scaring Spotify (Slate)

High Schools Are Posting Their College Lists. Don’t Be Misled. (The New York Times)

Love the art, hate the artist? How a popular Chicago college class is reexamining Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Picasso and others in the era of cancel culture (Chicago Tribune)

Before You Answer, Consider the Opposite Possibility (The Atlantic)

The Coming Conflict Between Introverts and Extroverts (The Atlantic)

Grades Tarnish Teaching as Well as Learning (Teachers Going Gradeless)

Why Everyone Needs a Hero (Psychology Today)

Are We Getting Shakespeare’s Rhythms All Wrong? (JSTOR Daily)

In Computero: Hear How AI Software Wrote a ‘New’ Nirvana Song (Rolling Stone)