Your Mid-Week Experiment

Some good news happened this week. Really.

Had a great time chatting with Simram Jeet Singh at Book People about his new book, The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life, which I wrote about in last weekend’s essay. A big thanks to Tanya Tarr for livetweeting and to everyone who showed up.

Jason Stanford @JasStanford

"The Light We Give" by @simran is a generous invitation to see the world through the eyes of a lifelong target of racism. Come check out our conversation tonight at @BookPeople tonight to see how he turned his anger into happiness. #TheLightWeGive

jasonstanford.substack.comLanguage is a virus, and you’re infected. Are humans superpredators or our only hope?A new book suggests humanity might be worth saving after all.

Tanya 수정 Tarr @nerdette

Excited to be at @BookPeople to listen to @simran and @JasStanford talk about his new book #TheLightWeGive! Starting the livetweeting now!

Let’s get to it.

I love the idea of talking with dead relatives, but S not too much. (Axios)

Was profiled by my alma mater. (Lewis & Clark College)

The Great Resignation continues. (McKinsey)

Republicans really don’t trust public schools. (Axios)

“There are too many mass shootings for the U.S. media to cover” (Washington Post)

This is so damn cool: a disabled fella can control a computer with his brain. (Bloomberg)

I have no idea how Seth McFarland pulled off The Orville, which both honors and spoofs the Star Trek franchise.

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