Southwest Airlines experienced an enormous meltdown over the Christmas holiday week last month, cancelling thousands of flights, and losing track of—or outright losing—countless pieces of luggage. The airline was full of excuses, of course. As has become fashionable for government and corporate screw-ups, airline management attempted to blame Covid for staffing problems. Southwest also blamed
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At Intellectual Takeout, we strive to offer not only commentary on current events but also tangible advice for engaging with our increasingly chaotic world. That’s why we’re proud to present this ongoing series of literature recommendations. This week’s entries discuss the crisis in the American political climate and reveal how we’ve arrived at our current
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Andrew Tate is a controversial figure. A former pro-kickboxer turned masculinity guru, he’s on record criticizing COVID hysteria, feminism, and open borders—all things the powers that be don’t want us thinking critically about. And with an audience in the millions, it’s safe to say that Tate has proven greatly troublesome to them. As such, it
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America is racist. This lesson is drummed into us through our schools and the mainstream media. A century ago, much of the racism in America was aimed at blacks. Bigots condemned them as shiftless, lazy, and violent. These days, many on the left now target whites as evil, greedy, and privileged. Both viewpoints are nakedly
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Everywhere in education, you see incentives at work. The incentives, though, are so far removed from the actual goals of education that they produce perverse results. Goodhart’s Law is usually stated, “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Economics textbooks often use the allegory of a maker of nails,
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“Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.” As all ailurophiles know, cats are intensely inquisitive creatures, knocking over a glass of water as they explore a tabletop or checking out the backyard like a feline Sherlock Holmes. Humans are by nature just as nosey, prying around in all sorts of ways to solve
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