Sam Wang
@samwang.bsky.social
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
uh, what is he saying?
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
uh, what is he saying?
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a 19-paragraph article to which 7 journalists contributed; it contains not a single hint that there is any impropriety in the President of the United States directing the Justice Department to investigate his political adversaries.
Institutions are failing us, including universities that, in principle, ought to be standing up for academic freedom.
Academic friends, if you want to survive this moment, join the AAUP. Help yourself and colleagues at other institutions.
Academic friends, if you want to survive this moment, join the AAUP. Help yourself and colleagues at other institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Institutions are failing us, including universities that, in principle, ought to be standing up for academic freedom.
Academic friends, if you want to survive this moment, join the AAUP. Help yourself and colleagues at other institutions.
Academic friends, if you want to survive this moment, join the AAUP. Help yourself and colleagues at other institutions.
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@jamellebouie.net clearly lays out the epistemological problem: the political game has fundamentally changed, but Democratic dinosaurs who've spent decades playing it the old way (pluralist politics) & are hugely insulated from the concrete realities of the new friend-enemy game can't see it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
@jamellebouie.net clearly lays out the epistemological problem: the political game has fundamentally changed, but Democratic dinosaurs who've spent decades playing it the old way (pluralist politics) & are hugely insulated from the concrete realities of the new friend-enemy game can't see it.
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The actually amazing, intelligent, thoughtful people don't get rewarded for it. They aren't rich, they aren't powerful, because our society doesn't actually reward hard work and merit and cleverness and expertise. It uses them, and then projects their virtues onto those who are on top by chance.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The actually amazing, intelligent, thoughtful people don't get rewarded for it. They aren't rich, they aren't powerful, because our society doesn't actually reward hard work and merit and cleverness and expertise. It uses them, and then projects their virtues onto those who are on top by chance.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...