Sunday Reads...
- Greg McNeilly
- Apr 6
- 2 min read
An irregular round-up of interesting reads. Most of these made me go "hmmmmm," none of them imply concurrence:
Quote of the Day:
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
A survey finds recent college grads learn their universities failed them:
77% claim they learned more in 6 months of their job than their entire college experience. Meanwhile, 37% of hiring managers prefer AI to Gen Z.
Research suggests a gender difference in extrinsic versus intrinsic voting participation motivations.
Pew plots out when people think you should accomplish the milestones of the “Success Sequence” (Education, Marriage, Children) here.
A reflection on “boredom.”
Charting our virtual experience:
The unions who pine for “mandatory minimum wage” hikes continue to kill U.S. manufacturing – more than tariffs.
The gender bias of female donors gets researched.
More unpopular evidence:
Male coaches increase female athletes' risk-taking (positive).
Minority students were more resilient to the shocks of government COVID mandates than “white” students.
States with “Anti-DEI” laws or policies do not lose their diversity of students.
Left-wing voters, economically and socially conservative, are the most prone to “conspiracy theories,” per research.
Research on the bias of Democrat primary voters is inconclusive if it’s the media or the voters who are “the problem.”
Manna – Don’t Call it a Comeback!
Is America on an 80-year reinvention cycle?
