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Don’t Follow Your Passion | Ben Horowitz’s Advice for New Graduates

In this commencement address to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Class of 2015, Ben Horowitz challenges some of the most common advice given to graduates. Rather than urging students to “follow their passion,” Horowitz argues that people should focus on developing their strengths and making meaningful contributions to the world. Drawing on stories from his own time at Columbia, the founding of technology companies, and investments in startups like ...

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European Rearmament Is a Trap

The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. The post European Rearmament Is a Trap appeared first on The American Conservative

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Beyond Couch and Clinic

Beyond Couch and Clinic As Robert Coles and I were walking around Harvard’s campus a half century ago, searching for a suitable place to photograph him for Newsweek, he suddenly stopped and pointed to William James Hall. “You want to know what’s the matter with psychology and the social sciences?” Coles asked me rhetorically. “That’s what’s the matter with psychology and the social sciences.” At the time, William James Hall was home to the department of Social Relations (psychology, sociology...

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