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The How And The Why

Sara Hendren | 10th June 2024

“College should be a mix of choices and constraints on a young person’s impulses — the longstanding ideal of the liberal arts. Some classes you choose, some you don’t. The autonomy-led, buffet-style, platform-burnishing model for higher education is thoroughly internalised in most places.” First in a series about college education, ideally read in order — here are parts two, three, four and five (6,000 words)

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The Power Of Supercitizens

Brian Klaas | Garden Of Forking Paths | 15th August 2024

Volunteering is an important kind of social glue. Why do people do it? It requires the right organisational infrastructure. Parkruns — free, open 5k time trials — are an example: hundreds of runners in the UK gather on Saturday mornings, helped by hordes of volunteers. Those who hit a milestone are celebrated by the gathered crowd. Parkruns are cheerful, social, and “ruthlessly inclusive” (3,000 words)