We are too quick to hire outsiders based on potential, and too slow to promote reliable performers from inside our organizations. - Adam Grant, Wharton School of Business
It has been three years since the siege of the U.S. Capitol on the day Congress was set to certify the 2020 election results. Since the attack, more than 1,200 Americans have been charged for their roles. @MacFarlaneNews has more on how that event continues to impact lives of those there on that day and our politics.
Supporters of #Jan6th are telling those who guarded the Capital building it’s time to move on. Why aren’t they telling the former President it’s time to move on? - Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, Capital Police
Dr. Bill Stockton: Normal? I don't know what normal is. I thought I did once. I don't anymore.
Jerry: I told you we'd pay for the damages, Bill.
Bill: Damages? I wonder. I wonder if anyone of us has any idea what those damages really are. - Twilight Zone, The Shelter S3E3 #Jan6
If you try to measure the size of an ant using a telescope, you won't get very far. If you try to gauge the distance between stars using a microscope, you'll be hopelessly lost. Similarly the tools we use to evaluate our lives shape what we see and whether we see. @HiddenBrain
American confidence in higher education is at an all time low. Falling from 57% in 2015 to 36% in 2023. A loss in confidence is worse than a loss in enrollment.
American universities lost their way when they started treating people as members of morally ranked identity groups. They will keep shocking the nation and continue losing legitimacy until they return to treating students and faculty as individuals enjoying equal rights.
That 6 second period in Dallas is not easy to live with. It’s kind of weird to think that 6 seconds can last for a lifetime. - Clint Hill, the secret service agent who jumped on the Presidents car, 60 years ago today. #JFK60
So, here's what happened at OpenAI tonight. Mira planned to hire Sam and Greg back. She turned Team Sam over past couple of days. Idea was to force board to fire everyone, which they figured the board would not do. Board went into total silence. Found their own CEO Emmett Shear