2024's new year's resolution was to read/view something interesting and new to me at least once a month, and just think about it for a while. Since then I've been putting up all sorts of weird pieces about cultural phenomena that I am reading about.
This year, 2026, I'm going to keep this going, as I enjoyed the many conversations I had both with clients and friends about my reading adventures.
Starting here with the idea of a meritocracy. Raising a child in NYC, meritocracy is a topic close to many a parents' heart. Middle school selection/choice, high school and then omg, College selection. You could talk for months about it! And all sorts of weird quirks came out, as parents stressed about getting their children the best leg up.
Here's a really interesting conversation between Eliza Filby and Daniel Markovits about what is happening to the middle class as the wealthy get much wealthier and everyone else does not... They are articulating thoughts I've had myself and gave me a lot of clarity. I also fell down a rabbit hole and listened to even more interviews with Daniel Markovits, who is a genuinely interesting thinker.
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