I’ve been asked (apparently someone was impressed with my profile), therefore you shall receive. I try to blog regularly and make that as accessible as I can. I realize that doesn’t deal with the issues on your mind. I realize I can’t possibly deal with all the issues on your mind.

What I can offer:

5. The Disadvantages of an Elite Education - it’s too complicated to get into here. If you can get into Yale or Harvard, there are obvious advantages. There’s a very strong case to be made for not going. You can see the outline of that case in the article.

4. Dehumanized: When math and science rule the school - I think math(s) and the sciences are extremely important. It’s tough to get someone to make a solid case for the humanities. I can, but I’d rather you hear it from someone else.

3. “Infinite Sets;” “Division and Its Discontents;” “Finding Your Roots;” “What is Time?” - yes, three articles about mathematics, one about physics & cosmology. I wish I had access to this sort of stuff when I was your age. I wouldn’t take a different career path, but.

2. Paul Graham, “Why Nerds are Unpopular” - a more academic version of “Mean Girls.” All of you will get something from this.

1. Interview with Felicia Day - I love this interview: it’s positive and encourages you guys to go do something. That’s normally how I’d wrap things up. But on my mind recently has been this obituary of Vann Nath, who survived the Khmer Rouge’s murder of 2 million people by painting for his life.