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… Debating Disruption It is remarkable that your encomium to the “Disruptive Genius” of Professor Clayton Christensen, and his theory of … include the moral (it is repugnant to profit from enterprises directly responsible for carbon emissions or to allow …
Issue: September-October 2014
The Watchers
… Do people behave differently when they think they are being watched? When former National … contractor Edward Snowden revealed the mass surveillance of American citizens in June 2013, the question suddenly … realm, privacy and security as values and as rights have risen in importance. When someone says, “My life is on my …
Issue: January-February 2017
Cambridge 02138
… PYRAMID BUILDERS I read withgreat interest " Who Built thePyramids? " by Jonathan Shaw (July-August, page 42), describingMark Lehner's magnificent discovery of the lost city of the pyramidbuilders. The article leaves … builders poured the material of these stones, which comprise part ofthe core of the pyramid, they would have to have …
Issue: September-October 2003
Cambridge 02138
… After the ICU What a relief it was to read “What It Means to Be … this is the first experience reading about the effects of long-term ICU care from patient experiences. One … blood oxygen saturation during exercise, and I was not surprised when it measured 80 percent. X-rays told the rest of …
Issue: March-April 2019
Exclusivity, from the Inside
… I was the kind of kid who would actually respond to the mass email … incoming freshman class. I didn’t realize he was the kind of dean who would reply, asking to meet me. At the time, I … in this organization. As a comper I would have been surprised to learn how fervently the Advocate tries to make its …
Issue: May-June 2017
Cambridge 02138
… Harvard and Slavery While the new stone tablet on Wadsworth House acknowledging four … by the Harvard and Slavery Project not find evidence of the College employing other slaves, at Wadsworth House … were Harvard’s only involvement in our national shame of slavery. Assuming that there is actually evidence of …
Issue: September-October 2016
Yo-Yo Ma's Journeys
… lunch overlooking God's own landscape near Tanglewood, on the patio at Wheatleigh, the poshest hotel in the … come here for dinner. Hey, can we talk about food instead of real life?" Deer are grazing at the bottom of the sloping lawn and a few yards away, a family of wild …
Governing Harvard
… in 1636, has by law been formally governed by a Board of Overseers since 1642, and by the Corporation since 1650. The last legislation … structurally and by custom, on top of the entire enterprise sit the President and Fellows of Harvard College, known …
Issue: May-June 2006
Overseer Candidates State Their Views
… In light of the importance of the annual election for members of … about my nomination for the Board of Overseers, I was surprised. I remain humbled, honored, and deeply moved by the … a rapidly changing world driven by technology and the rise of artificial intelligence, political and social …
Harvard’s 2017 Honorary-Degree Recipients, from A to Z
… DURING THE MORNING EXERCISES of the 366th Commencement, on May … (2011) , and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (2009) —might be reprised this year, with composer John Williams in the queue …
Cambridge 02138
… Immigrant Children Thank you for the enlightening article, “ From Neither Here Nor There ,” by Lydialyle Gibson, about the work of sociologist Roberto Gonzales (July-August, page 32). He … other identities take its place, often giving rise to tensions and contested spaces. It used to be the …
Issue: September-October 2020
NYPD Crimson
… Edward Conlon '87 cruises the streets of the South Bronx in an unmarked car looking … Angel, an 18-year-old drug dealer suspected in the slaying of Mike "Murder." Though well earned, Mike's nickname was …
Issue: January-February 2005
“A Moral Obligation”
… “I tell people the first 60 years are the hardest,” jokes Charles Berlin … just getting started. “Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun,” Berlin, the Friedman bibliographer in Judaica in … shared with those institutions. “It’s a global enterprise,” Berlin says, “united by one simple goal: documenting …
Issue: September-October 2022
Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives Its Audience?
… WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WORK OF ART DECEIVES ITS AUDIENCE? The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or … project, she writes "Over three decades that saw the rise of the internet, the globalization of capitalism, the …
Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block: When Did Labor Law Stop Working?
… to earn what its CEO, Jeff Bezos now possesses? Why do the richest 400 Americans own more wealth than all … households combined? And how are these examples of extreme income inequality linked to the political … I think it's fair to say that the country's facing dual crises of political and economic inequality. So it's a cycle …