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Separation
Separating Elites from the Hoi Polloi
Schools for the Elite
Ivy League Universities
University of Pennsylvania (1740 as College of Philadelphia)
The Duckworth Lab
Angela Duckworth
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016)
Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.
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Parents
Angela Duckworth
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016)
On Ultra-Processed Content
Situational Agency
What is a TikTok dance mash up if not a digital Dorito?
Children
At the end of the school year, the students who kept their phones farther away had earned higher report card grades.
Physical distance creates psychological distance: Draw close what you want more of; push away what you want less.
Random-assignment experiments confirm the causal role of putting temptations out of sight and out of reach.
You cannot change the conditions of modern life, but you are the sovereign of what enters your personal space.