Rough Drafts
Charles Yang, Arjun RamaniWhere the rough drafts of my thoughts reside
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The Toast Giver
This post was inspired by M.H’s toast to the joyous union of L.P. and T.D.
In the popular imagination of a wedding, we often center the Bride and the Groom. Who has not dreamt about their wedding day, the inauguration of their new season o...
A Travelogue from India and China
In 2025, the two of us went on trips across India and China with friends. We wanted to understand how the world’s two most populous countries view each other geopolitically, and how their technology industries compare – questions that have...
Orality, Literacy, ?
One of the first things I wrote when I started this little substack for myself in 2023 was on “Writing as Self-Alienation”.
Somehow, someone on the internet found my random substack post and recommended that I read Ong’s Orality and Litera...
It's Time to Build: New Universities
You, in this audience, are responsible for seeing to it that your children and the children of your community receive a good education. You must take on the task of giving your schools direction and purpose…
Rickover, “Purpose of Educ...
Rickover on Lawyerly Societies
If the left can reckon with Robert Moses, the right should reckon with Admiral Hyman Rickover—an engineer who improved national security through a large-scale, government-led project.
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