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...very thin—but equally delicious—rice paper.Like Japan, Harvard is not known for its privacy. This is, after all, a school in which the three tasks to complete before graduation all involve some form of public nudity and exposed genitalia. The halls of Annenberg echo with last night’s tale of dormcest and the walls of Canaday are just as thin as those in Japan—although not nearly as delicious.Initially, as a freshman used to the separation of home and school, I found this lack of privacy frustrating. But after a couple...
...addition to creating long lines at gasoline stations, the oil price shock exacerbated what was already an intensifying buildup of inflation and inflation expectations. In another echo of today, the inflationary situation was further worsened by rapidly rising prices of agricultural products and other commodities...
...doubts that freedom of choice is indispensable in a democratic society. The problem is that for individuals and societies alike, its exercise can create echo chambers or information cocoons. By contrast, a great city, or even a great life, is like a great university: It is full of serendipity, surprises, and items that you would never have placed in your Daily Me, your MyTown.com, your MyCurriculum.com, or even your Facebook page...
...ways, the architecture of control and the architecture of serendipity are at odds. Some universities, stores, television broadcasters, and government offices promote the echo chamber; others promote serendipity. My suggestion is that for good lives, good universities, and good societies, the power of self-sorting is at best a mixed blessing. However unpleasant and jarring they can be, unchosen, unanticipated encounters play a crucial role; they are indispensable not only to education but also to citizenship itself. Far from wishing them away, we should welcome them...
...days before this graceless d?nouement, Clinton's inner circle seemed split about how to proceed. Those closest to the candidate were bitter and had taken to rehearsing small grievances distorted by the campaign echo chamber - that Obama's aides had exploited Clinton's gaffe when she inappropriately raised the specter of Robert Kennedy's assassination, that Obama hadn't defended Clinton sufficiently after the disgraceful attack by Father Michael Pfleger from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ, that the Obama campaign had played too rough in the Democratic Rules Committee battle, which granted the disputed Michigan and Florida...