#2 July
25: From
Johann Hari in Freakonomics, author of Stolen Focus: Americans only focus on a task for 3
minutes at a time! And if interrupted from sustained focus, it takes you 23
minutes to regain focus. 7/24
#3 July 26: Meritocracy
says work hard to achieve what you want…Not always true: The slaves worked harder than anyone, and
they got nothing. Look for structural
flaws before judging. Yet Michelle Obama
just posted a “you can do anything, pull youself up by your bootstrap type of
speech.” These don’t seem to go
together. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EROCMGgfIuw
7/24
#4 July 27:
Stereotypes define our political parties, but do not make up the bulk of
their constituents. For instance, in
some “myth busting research” according to Pew Research, Democrats aren’t
young and Republicans aren’t old. This is because young voters while generally
trending Democrat aren’t a large percentage of the electorate. Therefore both Democrats and Republicans are
both old!! Also Republicans aren’t
mainly rural and Democrats urban.
Statistically they both live mostly in the suburbs. Republicans aren’t more religious than
Democrats. Most Democrats identify as
Christian. While Agnostics and Atheists
usually trend toward the Democratic Party, they are a small part of their
constituency. 7/24
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