Recent additions to the Heap of Links… A free online pamphlet with 25 pieces of valuable advice for your college students — “The College Success Rulebook” by Nathan Nobis “When I asked [the students] how they were managing to keep up with the brisk pace of the reading assignments, one of them candidly said, ‘Well, it really helps that you’re so into it.’” — Matt Dinan on the importance of the teacher’s passion “I don’t mean to suggest that Wilson is wrong about what would make a good adaptation of The Odyssey, but instead to argue that there are many ways to be right” — “Nolan’s film is not a faithful adaptation of Homer, but in its examination of the power and perils of narrative, and the seductions of memory, it is properly Homeric,” says Sukaina Hirji “Beyond the Ghetto” is the newsletter of “Women Doing Philosophy,” a philosophy organization in the Philippines — it is run by Noelle Leslie dela Cruz of De La Salle University “Concepts such as authenticity, expertise and deliberation are central to our cultural life… and are threatened by the notion… that all that matters about an output—be it a string of code, a college essay, a military target or a love letter—is whether it ‘works’” — lessons for the AI era from Jonathan Lear’s Radical Hope, by Anastasia Berg and Jon Baskin “The Basics of Philosophy” will debut next month at the Venice Film Festival — the film is by Paul Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and directed many films, such as American Gigolo and First Reformed “Even if we grant… that language death is always a terrible thing, it doesn’t follow that we ought to do everything in our power to stop it” — Nikhil Krishnan on the questions and tradeoffs of linguistic triage Mini-Heap posts usually appear when several new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap. Thank you.Previous edition.  

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