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Knowledge without wisdom
I don't think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while—just once in a while—there was at least some polite little perfunctory…
Nov 21, 2021
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We pretend to teach, and students pretend to learn
In our brave new AI world, academics pretend to teach, students pretend to learn and administrators pretend it all adds up to something called higher…
Oct 14
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The bullshit detector’s survival guide
In a world of waffle and weasel words, plain speaking is a small act of rebellion. Here are seven ways to recognise bullshit, challenge it, and, if…
Sep 22
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Steven Schwartz
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Degrees of difficulty
Universities are struggling. Staff see livelihoods at risk, students see disruption, and managers see balance sheets collapsing. Everyone is right …
Sep 15
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Steven Schwartz
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Beyond diagnosis: building a mental health system that works
A landmark disability scheme was built on compassion, but captured by a “cash for diagnosis” culture. This is not just a budget problem. It is a human…
Sep 1
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The Age of Bullshit
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Between Patience and Fortitude
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The bullshit detector’s survival guide
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We pretend to teach, and students pretend to learn
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Revival: Knowledge without wisdom
Jun 23
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The Fraying of Reality
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The world is turning classical
The world is turning classical. Not everywhere. Not all at once. But unmistakably - and just in time.
Aug 13
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Our daily bread (and other dangerous substances)
Your dinner doesn’t need an app or a PhD, just something to eat, something to drink, and a little gratitude. This is a story about science, food, and…
Aug 7
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Favourites from the Wiser Every Day archive (in case you missed them)
Our most-read essays so far—still free to read and share.
Jul 18
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Between Patience and Fortitude
In an age of noise and urgency, the library is a quiet kind of miracle.
Jul 9
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Revival: Knowledge without wisdom
It's time we once again started hearing the word wisdom on campus. (Vice-Chancellor’s Lecture. Original version.)
Jun 23
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The Fraying of Reality
Is a fake summer reading list a harmless AI "hallucination" or a glimpse of something more troubling: a culture slowly surrendering to the smooth…
Jun 10
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The Age of Bullshit
In a world of “frameworks,” “stakeholders,” and “outcomes,” public language is losing its grip on meaning.
May 22
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