On caste, not-Chris-Pine-guy, and degree revocation

2021, Week 1 Musings

Derek Ouyang

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This is hopefully the first of weekly posts this year I’ll call “Musings” which are all the scraps that I think are worth sharing but not substantive enough to be “entrees” (like my post about the events at the Capitol). I’m basically jotting random ideas down on Google Keep, and each weekend I’ll see if I can whip up a meaningful enough parfait.

Two books, Caste and A Promised Land: The former by Isabel Wilkerson had the more profound impact on my thinking, while the latter by…

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Derek Ouyang

Research Manager at the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (reglab.stanford.edu), Exec Director of City Systems (city.systems). More at derekouyang.com