The Pandora Papers unveil much of the top of the money-first club. As for what might be do-able with that trove of information, remember what was left stranded in Pandora’s Box when the lid slammed shut. Open the box wide and keep it open, and Hope can emerge.
The FBI is late and incomplete in warning that it sees plans for armed ‘protests’ in DC and all 50 state capitols from 16 to 20 January. Ample evidence is in public view to show that 6 January was a prelude. Please stay safe if you can.
Students today can become space people all over the world and may even work for a private space company such as Virgin Galactic. They have more options than I did. Let’s see where they will take us.
Efforts to contain this coronavirus may be more important for the long term than for this one outbreak. If the virus has difficulty finding new hosts, that creates evolutionary pressure for it to make people less sick… and then it would be less of a problem if it becomes endemic.
On Saturday hundreds of thousands of people joined the March For Our Lives. This article won’t all be about the March. We’ll zoom down to the local level too, so stick with me. The whole span is where you’ll find … Continued
This week the UK celebrated the 100th anniversary of the day when some women got the right to vote. Discussion about the difference between suffragists and suffragettes got plenty of airtime. I heard nothing about why the movement needed, at … Continued
I’ve written before about the value of a good team, but what does a good team look like? Does it need to have a star player? A forceful, commanding captain? A great mission statement? It might have any of those, … Continued
A select few organizations genuinely need the very best and very brightest. Having had the privilege of working in some of those groups, I’ve seen those hiring choices go well and go badly. When you need the very best, how … Continued
The leading edge of exploration is never easy, never safe. But those who dare to do such exploring do it on behalf of us all. It is not just to expand our knowledge. In ways we cannot foresee, it can—indeed, may turn out to be essential to—help our world survive.
Since our report was published, I have repeatedly been asked to explain what we mean when we say standard credentials don’t tell us what a person is capable of doing. That question deserves an answer, so here it is.
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