–The Huffington Post is launching a college news section for “agreeable student media” sometime next month. Well, at least it should provide some good cannon fodder.
–Waiting eagerly for the denunciations of the sexist bike share program.
–Interesting profile in Esquire on Dana White, the man behind the rise of ultimate fighting. Keen readers will note the alluded-to rent-seeking on page 3.
–This chart got a lot of play on the tubes recently, but keep in mind that it was created by a consortium of online universities.
–”The best consequential argument against [speech] limits is the long run innovation gains from free speech; outrageous speakers sometimes change our minds, to our great benefit. But this innovation rationale for reduced regulation applies pretty well to most regulation; regulation usually hinders innovation. So why don’t we apply the same argument as eagerly there?” Naturally, from Robin Hanson.
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Does school really start in three days? And would anyone like to offer a defense of the “three-days-on, three-days-off” schedule, other the university’s general tendency towards maximizing binge drinking?
