Well that didn't last
I can't say I'm surprised to see he runs his school the same way he runs other things.
Well that didn't last
Do you ever get the sense that the more powerful people get, the more foolish they become? You're not the only one. Four university professors thought the same thing, and they devised a test to find out if it's really true. It is, they concluded.@Jonathan Y as the resident scholar on all things Kanye, what ARE your thoughts about the events of recent months? Is this a calculated plan to do...something? Is it a manic episode? Combo of both?
Not baiting -- I just know you have always felt like he's somewhat misunderstood by the media and that what look like random acts of erratic behavior are sometimes part of a larger narrative that is difficult to see. Just wondering what you think of his trajectory in the last year.
(i.e. not asking you to act as his defense attorney -- I don't think you excuse a lot of what he's said, but I think you might have an explanation for why you think he's saying it)
Yeah I read that and thought it was substantially low. 100 kids at 15k won't go very far for a school without public funding. Maybe they've got advertising money coming in or something...Honest question: every news story that mentions that the annual tuition for Donda Academy is $15k, is that meant to be sensational? That's about $1600 a month for a 9 month school year. That's....not that much for a private academy aspiring to a prestigious reputation in 2022, is it? The most affluent private school in Indianapolis is >$25k per year.
I mean, it's not peanuts, but it's almost notable for how much the cost has to be getting subsidized, not for how expensive it is for the families.
None of that is meant to exonerate the reputation of what I find to be a super super weird and problematic project.
Gotta love a Christian academy that is ready to exact some 'vengeance.'
What's really interesting is that poverty is also shown to have impact to cognition (mostly attributable to stress, lack of sleep, etc.). Having too much money can make you stupid, but so can not having enough. I know there's the notorious $77k salary data that shows that quality of life improvements become marginal after that mark, but I wonder what the sweet spot is for maximum income and cognition/decision-making.Do you ever get the sense that the more powerful people get, the more foolish they become? You're not the only one. Four university professors thought the same thing, and they devised a test to find out if it's really true. It is, they concluded.
That is, they found that power dependably breeds overconfidence, and overconfidence dependably leads to bad decisions.
Not only do overconfident people tend to acquire roles that afford power . . . but the subjective sense of power brought on by these roles causes people to become further overconfident. . . . Finding practical ways to soften and/or hold in check the causal relationship between power and overconfidence represents an important endeavor for future research.
Study Finds That Having Power Can Make You Stupid
Exhibit A: Tony Hayward. Do you ever get the sense that the more powerful people get, the more foolish they become? You're not the only one. Four university professors thought the same thing, and they devised a test to find out if it's really true. It is, they concluded. That is, they [...]www.forbes.com
Basically, the more power you get, the less accountability to others you have. And this removal of accountability, tends to make people stupid, power-drunk, and brings out the worst in human nature. This is a big reason that I think that people shouldn't really be allowed to be ultra-mega-billionaires. It's bad for them, and because they have undue decision making power, it's bad for all of us.
Lest I catch heat for using the word "stupid" please know that I spoke hastily and definitely meant that both too much & not enough money can result in inhibited thinking, impairment to cost/benefit analysis, and an inability to strategize paths to long-term goals. And there are obviously many people in poverty who are brilliant and/or sharp as a tack despite their financial circumstances. I don't mean to suggest otherwise.What's really interesting is that poverty is also shown to have impact to cognition (mostly attributable to stress, lack of sleep, etc.). Having too much money can make you stupid, but so can not having enough. I know there's the notorious $77k salary data that shows that quality of life improvements become marginal after that mark, but I wonder what the sweet spot is for maximum income and cognition/decision-making.
What's really interesting is that poverty is also shown to have impact to cognition (mostly attributable to stress, lack of sleep, etc.). Having too much money can make you stupid, but so can not having enough. I know there's the notorious $77k salary data that shows that quality of life improvements become marginal after that mark, but I wonder what the sweet spot is for maximum income and cognition/decision-making.
Wait so he HAS read a book.
I guess his appearance on Infowars is not going well?? Color me shocked.
one of my favorite video essayists just made a deep dive into kanyes bipolar disorder, he does admit the video is a few weeks out of date despite just coming out, it explains how he is clearly having the manic episode but doesn't defend the antisemetic stuff he said, but explains how it got this insane... its a lot more nuanced than "fuck kanye" or "he is completely innocent".. i highly recommend it (except the ending "patreon question" where he says kanye can do an apology tour and honestly fix things... he outright stated in the premiere chat that he fucked up on that.. no one would have expected him to full on go on infowars)
Unreal
Unreal