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Monthly Archives: May 2026
Campus Life at the
Campus Life at the
University of New South Wales
Quote, Unquote
the “Make America Healthy Again” moment is in some ways just another step in the long retreat of the civic trust and communitarian spirit that have enabled America’s disease-fighting efforts. If this retreat continues, the public-health era—the century-long period of unprecedented epidemiological safety that has been the foundation for so many other breakthroughs—will come to an end. And that end will have dire consequences for this republic and its future.
~ Vann Newkirk via The Atlantic
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Happy Thursday
Jusqu’ici tout va bien.
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Quote, Unquote
It is very important to grasp that Level 5 leadership is not just about humility and modesty. It is equally about ferocious resolve, an almost stoic determination to do whatever needs to be done to make the company great.
~ Jim Collins, Good to Great
Campus Trivia Night
Question: Which 5 countries were the largest economies in the world by nominal GDP in the year 2015?
Via the IMF by way of Wikipedia
- United States
- China
- Japan
- Germany
- France
In the half decade between 2010 and 2015, the list of the world’s four largest economies as measured by nominal GDP in $US remained unchanged in either composition or sequence. The one change to this list was the identity of the world’s fifth largest economy, with the United Kingdom replacing France as estimated by the International Monetary Fund.
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Campus Life at the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Midnight Trailer
A Private Life
Starring Jodie Foster
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Learning Object via the
Harvard Kennedy School
Why are there so many rich students at elite universities?
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