Lavin Weekly #50(!): Holiday, Samuel, Ibbitson, & Milkman
1. Trump Is Not the Way: Ryan Holiday’s Open Letter to His Father In The Huffington Post, Ego Is the Enemy author Ryan Holiday has a simple plea for his dad: “Please don’t vote for Donald Trump.” Holiday cites the lessons his father taught him as a young man—embrace diversity, eschew prejudice... Continue Reading →
What Are You Reading? Drew Dudley, Jonathan Fader, & Wajahat Ali Talk Books
What are the ideas and voices informing our most exciting keynote speakers? This week, we reached out to three of our roster—diversity speaker Wajahat Ali, performance psychologist (and author of Life as Sport) Jonathan Fader, and leadership speaker Drew Dudley—and asked them a simple question:... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #49: Lewis, Bacevich, Papagiannis, & Zweig
1. Sarah Lewis’s “Vision & Justice” Is Sold Out—Here’s Why Sarah Lewis’s guest-edited Aperture issue “Vision & Justice” continues to rake in the positive press, and for good reason. In David Brooks’s recent NYT op-ed “How Artists Change the World”—an ode to famed abolitionist Frederick... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #48: Leibovich, Singer, Crabapple
1. “For This Election, Do It Anyway”: Mark Leibovich on The Daily Show Last night, Chief National Correspondent for the NYT Magazine Mark Leibovich joined Trevor Noah on The Daily Show to discuss Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Convention (which Leibovich described as... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #47: Leibovich, Heffernan, Wood, & Stephens
1. Under the RNC Big Top with Mark Leibovich Writing from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, NYT Magazine’s chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich has produced two new articles. In the first, he admires Ted Cruz’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump during his speech last night... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #46: Garrett, Pinker, & Nair
1. Brexit Fallout Goes Beyond Politics: Laurie Garrett for Foreign Policy Britain’s decision to secede from the EU is, on the surface, a move with definite political and economic repercussions. But in Foreign Policy, public health speaker Laurie Garrett argues that Brexit is also a major global... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #45: Rushkoff, Quart, & Ali
1. Douglas Rushkoff Talks Re-tribalization, the Internet, and Trump-Brexit Mentalities The “new nationalism” of Trump and Brexit is a byproduct of our digital media environment, Douglas Rushkoff argues. And in a new article for Fast Company, and subsequent interview with Salon, Rushkoff makes... Continue Reading →
Lavin Weekly #44: Crabapple, Bolick, & Packer
1. Molly Crabapple Warns Against a Narrowing of the Minds Writing for The Guardian, speaker Molly Crabapple cautions against the growing intolerance and “exclusionary tribalism” exemplified by Trump supporters, pro-Brexit xenophobes, and (at its extreme) terrorist groups like ISIS. “What can... Continue Reading →