Applications are due tomorrow for our two Summer Workshops ("Questions Concerning Technology," with @BaskinJon and Dan Silver, and "The Good Life," with @a_n_a_berg and @jmkeegin. publicthinking.thepointmag.c…
We're hiring! Apply to be our Program Manager: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…
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Applications are due TONIGHT for our 2025 Summer Workshops: "Art & Immorality" and "Democracy & the Elites." Apply here: publicthinking.thepointmag.c…
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This afternoon at @UChicago: James Bennet on the triumph of partisan news in the wake of the 2024 election. Join us! eventbrite.com/e/is-there-a-…
Join us this Wednesday for an event at UChicago with James Bennet on the 2024 election and the triumph of partisan news. Details & RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/is-there-a-…
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Summer Workshop '24 alum Dylan Partner reviews @joshualeifer’s “Tablets Shattered” in @compactmag: compactmag.com/article/judai…
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We are proud to announce the second annual Public Thinking Lecture at the University of Chicago: Thinking and Activism After October 7th, with @DaoodRula and @IAvneri of @omdimbeyachad. publicthinking.thepointmag.c…
Today! Join us for an info session at 3pm ET to find out about the 2024 Summer Workshop ("The Personal and the Political"). Sign up here to receive the Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Now accepting applications for our 2024 Summer Workshop: "The Personal and the Political" (taught by @BaskinJon and Becca Rothfeld). The program is offered completely COST-FREE to students. More details here: publicthinking.thepointmag.c…
In The Indy, Public Thinking alumna Cecilia Barron writes on egg freezing and grappling with possible futures—the result of her final project from our 2023 Summer Workshop: theindy.org/article/3025
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"Condescension is an especially risky vice for public intellectuals, because it conflicts with the very practice of public thinking." @the_point_mag's Becca Rothfeld in @yalereview (based on an essay from our Public Thinking workshop last summer): yalereview.org/article/becca…
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow: the inaugural talk by Elizabeth Bruenig in the @publicthinking_ Lecture Series! Learn more here:
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From our Public Thinking Night Owls in January with Becca Rothfeld and @AgnesCallard!
Writers are people who are unsatisfied with the imprecision of talking, and who feel that they’re often called upon to offer their thoughts too quickly. One thing that drives somebody to become a writer is dissatisfaction with and ineptitude at speaking.
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This Tuesday in Hyde Park! Open to all @uchicago undergrads.
This Wednesday at @UChicago: An informal introduction to intellectual magazines, led by @the_point_mag editor @rachelcwiseman. Open to all UChicago undergrads—join us!
Should writers talk? @AgnesCallard and Becca Rothfeld chatting now.
Access the livestream via the link on the event page: thepointmag.com/events/shoul…
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Catch @AgnesCallard and Becca Rothfeld in conversation about the perils of conversation tonight at 9pm CT—in-person @UChicago and on Zoom. More details, including zoom link, here:
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This Tuesday we'll be hosting an informal conversation with Becca Rothfeld at @UChicago on becoming a critic. Students are encouraged to come with questions! Details below:
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Today we're launching The Point Program for Public Thinking, a joint project of @the_point_mag and @UChicago dedicated to promoting a more thoughtful, humane and pluralistic education. publicthinking.thepointmag.c…
You can read our full announcement here: bit.ly/3ICuWDz
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