Artist here with some thoughts on the amazing JWST images. There’s a lot going on in these images that prompt us non-astronomers to be affected by them in ways that are both particular and powerful. A thread… ⤵️

“Few have his gift for combining serious political outrage with an ebullient sense of humor.” buff.ly/3yE853C

I am very happy to announce publication of Between Us. The book reconsiders emotions through the lens of what they do in our relationships. It identifies important cultural differences in emotions, and tools to understand and communicate about emotions in a multicultural world

Some personal news. I am thrilled to be returning Cambridge later this year (while remaining an FT columnist).

The unbearable weight of the 1915 Genocide and the making of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. My article in Public Books publicbooks.org/armenia-anothe…

For a decade, humanities enrollment has plummeted. What’s going on? In this week’s The New Yorker, I report at two campuses—ASU and Harvard—and ask “what it might mean to graduate a college generation with less education in the human past” than any before. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

"It’s time to value another facet of life: the power and skill of being dependent." From Alissa Quart, whose new book, "Bootstrapped," is out next Tuesday. nytimes.com/2023/03/09/opi…

Join us April 20 & 21 online or in Leiden for a workshop on "Economic Moralities: Value claims on the future" @Stefan_Anthro @justremit Hau Of Finance

The Fight Over the Anthropology #Library Is a Fight for the Future of Higher Ed. Caitlin Zaloom, my favorite anthropologist, explains what's at stake in the standoff at UC Berkeley. (Spoiler alert: it's the soul of the university.) chronicle.com/article/the-fi…

⁦⁦UC Berkeley Anthropology⁩ library is invaluable— it’s where students learn so many things, including how to challenge the very corporate order that’s threatening to close it. Cheering for the occupiers. I wrote about their cause in ⁦⁦Chronicle Review⁩ chronicle.com/article/the-fi…

Reimagining the University Series Session 5: The University and Economic Forces (Virtual Event) Friday, May 19 (3:00 PM ET) Featuring Kris Olds, Deondra Rose, Caitlin Zaloom, Shahrzad Sabet, and Benjamin Schewel. ipk.nyu.edu/events/reimagi…

After The New York Times & Chronicle Review slammed UC Berkeley's closure of its Anthropology library, Gillian Tett @ft does the same. In the process she or the students make a bunch of important, straightforward points 1/7 Berkeley Faculty Association ft.com/content/661eae…

⁦Anthropology libraries are an inspiration. Read ⁦Gillian Tett⁩ on the why. ft.com/content/661eae…

Thanks to Caitlin Zaloom John McWhorter Scott Galloway for perspectives on What's High About Higher Education, to ricksmolan for a great conversation on Brave New World, & to my producer Amit Varma for training my brain to listen at 1.5x! Next is 2x! vasantdhar.substack.com/p/whats-high-a…

What happened to the mutual aid networks that Americans organized to support each other in 2020, when government failed to meet our needs? In NYC, they’ve become an invisible civic infrastructure, helping us cope with all kinds of problems. ⁦New York Magazine⁩ nymag.com/intelligencer/…

'One city engineer said the common use of septic tanks within suburban developments was “like a person walking down the street with a silk hat on his head and a hole in the seat of his britches.”' newrepublic.com/article/178152…