Just received CMC’s Presidential Award for Merit. My takeaway is that if you try for a long enough time to push against the frontiers of ignorance, to support your colleagues, and to devote yourself to your students, and have a President with questionable judgment, surprising things can happen.

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Such a fun conversation with Ellie Anderson on her Overthink Podcast about my new book Against the Tyranny of Outcomes!

Saw this, checked this, all true.

And even worse: the FAA administrator had been unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2023, quit Inauguration Day because
Elon Musk publicly said he should.