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Life of Horace Mann by Mary Peabody Mann (1865)

Life of Horace Mann by Mary Peabody Mann (1865)

Mary Peabody Mann’s 1865 biography, “Life of Horace Mann,” offers an intimate portrait of her husband’s rise from rural poverty to educational reformer, drawing on personal letters and observations. Written after his 1859 death, the book...
Ancestry, Education, and a Family Connection to Horace Mann

Ancestry, Education, and a Family Connection to Horace Mann

Family history has a way of collapsing centuries into a single line on a chart. Names repeat. Dates stack up. Then occasionally, one of those names turns out to belong to someone who changed the country. Recently, my oldest daughter has become interested in family...
The AI Consultant That Outscored Humans Exposed a Human Problem

The AI Consultant That Outscored Humans Exposed a Human Problem

When the “AI consultant” aced the test, the real story was human status anxiety The SAP experiment that made headlines this week is not really about an overhyped AI consultant. It is about how professionals protect their status, even when the work in front of them is...
The 996 Work Culture is outlawed in China. Why not here?

The 996 Work Culture is outlawed in China. Why not here?

According to an article from PCMag, the 996 schedule is gaining “popularity” in Silicon Valley. 996 is where workers are “on the clock” from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. An absolute grind that can kill motivation, kill innovation, kill *any*...