Burnout Culture

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

May 22 • 

Jonathan Malesic

April 2025

More on students and politics

Do we still believe the university contributes, through its teaching, to the common good?

Apr 4 • 

Jonathan Malesic

March 2025

Hope for democracy in GOVT 101

I wrote something, just published in Commonweal, about what's *really* going on politically on campus

Mar 26 • 

Jonathan Malesic

On getting mad at the newspaper (again)

Opinion pages are overrated

Mar 6 • 

Jonathan Malesic

January 2025

December 2024

The definitive summary of 2024

It's not a crisis of faith. It's an *opportunity* of faith.

Dec 23, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

On beauty

It's overrated

Dec 17, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

November 2024

Can art heal your attention?

I tried to find out (my attention, not yours specifically), then I wrote about it for Commonweal.

Nov 29, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

"A trainwreck to write about"

On elections, teenage muses, articles about teenage muses, and other pretexts for lazy writing and tired ideas

Nov 25, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

On cultivating one's own garden

(Yes, this is about the election)

Nov 7, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

October 2024

Nine books on the meaning of work

Another bonus feature to accompany my NYT essay on reading and the vibes economy

Oct 28, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

Students have good reason not to read

I nevertheless recommend reading my new NYT essay about that reason

Oct 25, 2024 • 

Jonathan Malesic

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