Friend-of-the-show Rob Henderson returns to discuss his powerful, moving and important debut book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (published TODAY). We discuss Rob’s experience of the American foster care and adoption system, the life-changing impact of the military, the rise of Luxury Beliefs, the benefits of standardized testing, and MUCH more.
Important Links:
- Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (Amazon)
- The SAT is a pathway to more college diversity, not less; by Rob Henderson (The Boston Globe)
- Rob Henderson: Lessons I Learned the Hard Way; by Rob Henderson (The Free Press)
- Rob’s Substack
- Rob’s Twitter
Show Notes:
- Foster Care, Adoption & Social Mobility
- Structural Origins of the Foster System
- Why Early-Life Stability is Underrated
- How Ideas Can Change Outcomes
- The Life-Changing Impact of the Military
- Young Male Syndrome
- The Role of Intelligence in Governing Outcomes
- The Benefits of Standardized Testing
- Yale, Luxury Beliefs & the Rise of Identity Politics
- Are Luxury Beliefs a Political or Class Phenomenon?
- Trickle-Down Meritocracy
- Technology, Assortive Mating & Social Mobility
- Is the Overton Window Shifting on Campus?
- Rob as Emperor of the World
Books and Articles Mentioned:
- Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class; by Rob Henderson
- The SAT is a pathway to more college diversity, not less; by Rob Henderson (The Boston Globe)
- Rob Henderson: Lessons I Learned the Hard Way; by Rob Henderson (The Free Press)
- Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society; by Nicholas A. Christakis
- Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010; by Charles Murray
- Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World, by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
- A Suitable Boy; by Vikram Seth
- The Son Also Rises; by Gregory Clark