Author: Joel Gross

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-case-against-affirmative-action

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-sad-irony-of-affirmative-action

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-lose-friends-aging-happiness/621305/

After reading this I sent the following text to the friend who shared it with me:

I value our friendship very highly. Our conversation in Venice about children being the purpose of life and only viable form of immortality eventually led me to rebuild my entire life around that. Now I spend all of my time with my kids and wife and am trying to have more.… read more “It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart – The Atlantic”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/06/biden-run-for-reelection-2024/661297/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/world/europe/russia-gas-cuts-ukraine-germany.html

I am reading the book “The most powerful idea in the world”, and the author makes a good case that the sole reason the industrial revolution happened was because of patents.

First and foremost, we always need to fully comply with the law.

I read a number of articles and information on spanking, as well as on the reproducibility crisis in social sciences and psychology.

A lot of studies supposedly show that spanking has negative outcomes. However, the studies that do so lump together people who beat their children with fists around the face with those who do measured spanks on the butt.… read more “Spanking, and a reflection on other violence”

I saw a guy commented, “… this coming from someone who has a maniacal hatred for the democrats (referring to himself)”.

Why the hatred? I lean to the right, but I don’t hate someone who is far left or moderate or whatever. They just have different opinions than I do. Don’t let news media twist your soul in their quest for more clicks.