Verbal scores and decision fatigue

Links for today’s discussion with Jim Mora on Critical Mass:

How to stop the drop in verbal scores – E. D. Hirsch Jr. introduces the Matthew effect and rewrites “to those who have it shall be given . . . . ” as:

“To those who understand the gist shall be given new word meanings, but to those who do not there shall ensue boredom and frustration.”

Do you suffer from decision fatigue? – John Tierney asks,  to which I would answer an emphatic yes,  but I’m not quite sure . . .