Sasha Smith

oh God here come the terms

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@asymmetricinfo The person who did costume design for Spotlight deserved an Oscar b/c they absolutely nailed journalism frumpy

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@edleonklinger Would love to know more!

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@holland_tom @TheRestHistory Based on Dominic's recommendation, I got my (usually fiction-focused) book group to read A Nervous Splendor—loved it

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@CaitlinPacific My 88-year-old dad said the object labels were hard to read (white text on black, bad for older eyes) and not helpful. I loved many works, but it abandoned the idea of a museum as a sense-making institution.

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@americanamemes And an Islands!

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@ADoricko @shaunmmaguire @BernardArnault Why did your grandfather get a letter from de Gaulle, spill the thé

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@moseskagan @asymmetricinfo You call it a problem, I call it market intelligence—as a parent, it's super helpful to see where the weakest thinkers get hired

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@akoustov No, they should keep doing it — as a parent, it’s helpful to know where (not) to spend my tuition dollars!

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@AlmostMedia I’ve found the debate intellectually invigorating, but could have done without the political grandstanding

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@deanwball This is a smart post-mortem—v clear language on descriptive vs. normative (“I think X will happen, even though it’s bad”) will help! And 6 months is a fun age, enjoy it.

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@Tyler_A_Harper @MeganTStevenson The humanities silliness is likely easier for the layperson paying customer—ie, parents ("you're reading WHAT in your freshman English seminar?") or grandstanding politician to recognize

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@AlmostMedia A Quince completist, I love it! Can't wait to see the results.

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@dfkodsi Imagine reading all of this as someone who cares about The Future of The Academy and is also a parent of rising HS sophomores. “Pls pay $80K a year for…this.”

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@sutherlandphys Wait, do you have ChemistryGraph as well?!

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@EricJorgenson and serif fonts

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@lukeburgis You are obligated to follow this post with a list of your faves!

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

This is great, and as a parent of HS students, my appreciation of GB programs is much simpler: they seem like a decent signal that the institution takes the humanities seriously.

[Dan Walden @dwaldenwrites]

I have no wish to continue the great books discourse on here. For anyone interested in hearing from an enthusiast for this form of education what exactly we think that we are doing, I've written a short primer. Peruse, or not, at your leisure. https://t.co/zMVnCuVzYg

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@Tyler_A_Harper Or, as a CA resident, the concept of my taxpayer dollars hard at work (tbc, I am happy to fund education in general, but this seems, um...)

[Sasha Smith @sashamassmith]

@neerajadeshp Yes, v true — I am in CA.