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Against liberal nihilism
You can still learn in a collapsing university, the only kind there is.
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Jonathan Malesic
The mission is to do less
Also: Maybe the most disappointing book I've ever read
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Jonathan Malesic
Students have good reason not to read
I nevertheless recommend reading my new NYT essay about that reason
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In defense of the boring life
We should be so lucky as to be bored.
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Jonathan Malesic
From the burnout archive
Six years ago this week, my academic career fell apart. A lesson plan from that time points to how burnout affects the brain.
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Jonathan Malesic
Year of the rabbit
What I wrote in 2023; what I did not write
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Jonathan Malesic
Sorry to say, I was right
There's more evidence every day that flexible learning has been bad for students
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Jonathan Malesic
AI will revolutionize education the way a gambling addiction will revolutionize your bank account
I have a new essay in The Hedgehog Review on AI; I hope you'll read it
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Jonathan Malesic
A splendid inactivity
Two new NYT essays from me: on leisure, on almanacs
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Jonathan Malesic
Out of the rut
My latest essay is the most memoiristic thing I've published yet.
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Jonathan Malesic
Productivity hack
On Cal Newport's selfish, self-defeating advice for beating burnout
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Jonathan Malesic
Three new essays!
On stray shopping carts, contested keywords about work, and the vocation of a dying college
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Jonathan Malesic
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