colleges

Corporate-Educational Complex

If the universities are the temples, the corporations are its priests.

Apr 22, 2024 •

Trials of Admission

All tribes have trials. We just call ours college admissions.

Apr 1, 2024 •

The Art of Bullshit

What we learned at Stanford – what we really learned – was how to bullshit.

Mar 21, 2024 •

Groupthink & Elite Culture

My whole life, I’ve been something of an outsider.

Mar 18, 2024 •

What Colleges Really Teach

I returned to Stanford, intent on understanding this world that I had been so wrong about.

Mar 14, 2024 •

Truth of Academia

Faith in something doesn’t collapse all at once.

Mar 11, 2024 •

Orientation Week

When I arrived at Stanford, I thought I’d meet the best and the brightest. That was not what I found.

Mar 1, 2024 •

Initiation Night

The chanting began a little before midnight.

Feb 27, 2024 •

Princeton, the Temple

Stepping inside the temple gates of Princeton University, I felt an ancient feeling, as the world melted away.

May 3, 2023 •

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