Monthly Archives: September 2022

Job-seekers need their “weaker ties”

Posted on September 16, 2022 by nc

This is a really interesting study that fortifies an important intuition: A team of researchers from Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and LinkedIn recently conducted the largest experimental study to date on the impact of digital job sites on the labor market … Continue reading →

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How to write a lede

Posted on September 11, 2022 by nc

From the Irish Times: Having a monarchy next door is a little like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and has daubed their house with clown murals, displays clown dolls in each window and has an insatiable desire to … Continue reading →

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Silly professor

Posted on September 4, 2022 by nc

It is puzzling, perhaps, when the paper of record publishes a piece arguing that it’s a waste of money and time providing and receiving education in schools.

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