By Joshua Kim. The strange world outside of academia.
I spent last weekend with some extended family members. Cousins, uncles, aunts. More...

By Joshua Kim. 3 reasons for optimism. More...

By Joshua Kim. Some questions for my academic librarian colleagues about space?
We all know the 3 most important attributes when it comes to real estate: location, location, location. More...

By Joshua Kim. Two shows that I watch are Westworld and Humans. I’d probably watch any show built around sentient robots. At their cores, these shows less about robots, and more about our fear of tomorrow’s technology. More...

By Joshua Kim. Good on you for your gift of a digital book to every college graduate. Your gift of Rosling’s Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think is the right book, to the right people, at the right time. More...

By Joshua Kim. Earlier this month I did something that I have never done in my two-decade academic career. I canceled my plan to attend a conference at the last minute. More...

By Joshua Kim. The Slack bubble seems to have hit academia hard.  Like the flu or meningitis, college campuses seem susceptible to rapid outbreaks of digital contagion. More...

By Joshua Kim. Life in 2050 will be better than it is in 2018. Take whatever variable you care to measure of human well-being, and in 30 years that outcome will be better than today. More...

By Joshua Kim. Published in 1954 
I’m in search of a funny novel about campus life. This search is motivated by a desire to find more humor in academia. Please help. More...

By Joshua Kim. How higher education fits in to a new book about America’s small city renaissance. More...