No, You Don’t Get an A for Effort

Many students today expect grades to reflect effort instead of achievement. This article argues that high grades should be reserved for excellence and mastery, not just participation or hard work, challenging the misconception that effort alone deserves top marks and emphasizing the importance of true educational achievement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/school-grades-a-quantity-quality.html

By Adam Grant

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How I write. (Preface to the 15th year Italian edition of The Black Swan)

True literature is idiosyncratic, robust, unconstrained by genre, and best tested by its relevance to both past and present, not just the future. Creative writing must retain solemnity, resist mundane tasks, and survive the test of time—the Lindy Effect—instead of chasing fleeting trends.

https://medium.com/incerto/how-i-write-8b495eae0330

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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