MP5 is a Great Replacement Panic issue in which I write about anxiety over crazy successful Asians, olds who won't let go, job apocalypse clickbait and merit reigning in the Meadowlands scottkarambis.substack.com/p…

Meritocracy Panic #4 is on Ezra Klein's interview of Abdul El-Sayed in which belief in merit emerges as central question in our political divide. Plus wrestling and Attribution theory scottkarambis.substack.com/p…

Launched a substack after Labor Day called "Meritocracy Panic." Issue number 3 is out in which i write about grading gamesmanship, hotlists of hotties and why Gilbert and Sullivan, QEII and Adam Smith all know merit has to be seen to be believed. scottkarambis.substack.com/p…

Devoting your life to be the best just isn't so cool anymore. Another sign of the meritocracy myth losing its luster. nytimes.com/2021/08/18/sport…

I just heard about a resignation; a new employee, after three weeks, simply disappeared. In her office, they found two Post-It notes. On one was written, “Good Days” and 2 hash marks; the other “Bad Days” and 12 hash marks. You have to admire the clarity.

"Burden Hours" -- current favorite term of art; favorite in the sense that it's a metaphor for everything.

Carmen channeling her inner Herzog for VF perfume review. We all need our payday consolations

Here’s where we’re at, my daughter announced. I saw a beetle in my hair and I don’t know where it went. I saw it here, she said pointing, and here. I tried to shake it out. I heard a noise but I didn’t see it. If you see a bug crawling around let me know.

As groups and collectivities become more self-conscious and solitary under conditions of social polarization, their members tend to claim unique or privileged access to certain kinds of knowledge. This can be described as the doctrine of the Insider... Merton, '72

"Now, and I say this plainly, between jargon and platitudes, I prefer jargon."

"The requirements of the rules of punctuation and those of the subjective need for logic and expression are not compatible."

"...the sentence, being an order and not a series, cannot be reduced to the sum of words which compose it..."

“Might not this belief in the concept of a subject and predicate be a great stupidity.”

"Now, i say this plainly, between jargon and platitudes, I prefer jargon..." --a useful Barthes' mantra for long meetings.

If it weren't for Guy Raz, who would be there to remind us, week after week, of the blissful wonderfulness of corporate America?

"Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast?" link.medium.com/8kPsvGYCKY

Debra Jo and I talk about returning to writing, our Iowa days, and the impact of genre on a reader's expectations--all to celebrate the launch of her fantastic new book "The Captives." To Cause a Deep Stirring: The Millions Interviews Debra Jo Immergut themillions.com/2018/06/to-c…

First adland-inspired story in print with several more on the way. Thanks to editors of Beloit Fiction Journal and our insane industry which provides such a steady stream of great material!

I'm listening to KMRE - Where The Golden Age Of Radio Lives billboard.publicradioplayer.… @prx

Another day to vote! Spanking vs Stories: How we change behavior today! SXSW PanelPicker shar.es/1vEXXB