Economic Mobility + Social Connection

“If you grow up in a place where low income and high income people are interacting more, you are much more likely to rise up in the income distribution yourself.”This finding by Raj Chetty's team leads to the question: “What might we do to increase cross-class friendships?” Chetty’s research finds that it’s not enough to … Continue reading Economic Mobility + Social Connection

Commit to the Work

https://youtu.be/jEh94WFXZSc?si=sXTjDRYek_gnSHcN&t=3561 I listen to a lot of interviews with comedians. Comedians are writer-performers, and the good ones talk beautifully about tools of the trade. Writing and testing unfinished material on small stages is part of the process. They call this process "working out." The word "commitment" comes up a lot in these interviews. Often it's … Continue reading Commit to the Work

Trust + Faith

This one is a little note to self. I lose these things all of the time. So I'm putting them where I can find them. "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."-Ernest Hemingway"It's about Faith. It's about Trust. Yeah yeah." - Sade