This chapter explores the experience of transitioning to Yale after leaving the military, addressing challenges like integrating with younger peers and handling the rigorous academic workload. It also delves into controversies surrounding freedom of expression and cultural appropriation on campus, highlighting the clash between identity politics and lived experiences. The narrative reflects on the competitive nature of academia and the evolving campus culture as seen through the eyes of a former Marine.
Friend-of-the-show Rob Henderson returns to discuss his powerful, moving and important debut book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (published TODAY). We discuss Rob’s experience of the American foster care and adoption system, the life-changing impact of the military, the rise of Luxury Beliefs, the benefits of standardized testing, and MUCH more.
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Show Notes:
- Foster Care, Adoption & Social Mobility
- Structural Origins of the Foster System
- Why Early-Life Stability is Underrated
- How Ideas Can Change Outcomes
- The Life-Changing Impact of the Military
- Young Male Syndrome
- The Role of Intelligence in Governing Outcomes
- The Benefits of Standardized Testing
- Yale, Luxury Beliefs & the Rise of Identity Politics
- Are Luxury Beliefs a Political or Class Phenomenon?
- Trickle-Down Meritocracy
- Technology, Assortive Mating & Social Mobility
- Is the Overton Window Shifting on Campus?
- Rob as Emperor of the World
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