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High Anxiety | No Mercy / No Malice

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I just returned from the U.S. and was struck by how tense things are. It feels similar to what I imagine the mood was during the Vietnam War. So let’s take a break and discuss something even more stressful: college admissions. Yay. Last week I did a college tour with my son. It was a chance for us to bond and bask in the infinite possibilities that stretch out in front of him. The previous sentence is a lie. The college admissions process has kicked off (two years before he sets foot on a campus) and it’s already a flaming bag of shit, where a flaming bag of shit is a ton of unnecessary stress. My industry (higher ed) is corrupt and second only to poverty re: preventable stress in U.S. households. Note: You likely had the reflexive synapse fire of  “Reducing poverty is not that simple.” No, it is … that simple. It would just mean lower stock prices and a more progressive tax policy. The incumbents deploy the illusion of complexity as a weapon of mass distraction from a simple, hard tru

High Anxiety Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share this post High Anxiety Scott Galloway @profgalloway Published on November 1, 2024 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share this post Audio Recording by George Hahn I just returned from the U.S. and was struck by how tense things are. It feels similar to what I imagine the mood was during the Vietnam War. So let’s take a break and discuss something even more stressful: college admissions. Yay. Last week I did a college tour with my son. It was a chance for us to bond and bask in the infinite possibilities

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