Read on Twitter
1/6 Before I return to my Twitter sabbatical, here is an end-of-year list of six articles that have nothing to do with India or South Asia. Happy reading!
1. Adam Garfinkle in @NationalAffairs on the erosion of deep literacy fueled in part by smartphones. https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-erosion-of-deep-literacy
1. Adam Garfinkle in @NationalAffairs on the erosion of deep literacy fueled in part by smartphones. https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-erosion-of-deep-literacy
2/6 @gcaw unpacks Peter Turchin’s theory of “elite overproduction.” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/
3/6 @FukuyamaFrancis on the threat to liberal democracy from both the right and the left. [Hindu nationalists should skip this one.] https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/liberalism-and-its-discontent/
4/6 @HMDatMI on the bias fallacy in America. https://www.city-journal.org/achievement-gap-explains-demographic-disparities
5/6 @razibkhan on why getting rid of standardized testing is a terrible idea that will disproportionately hurt some ethnic minority strivers. https://razib.substack.com/p/applying-iq-to-iq
6/6 @sullydish on why he left @NYMag and what it says about the state of the US media. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/andrew-sullivan-see-you-next-friday.html
