Here’s a challenge: In all of the dozens of Tweets on Niall Ferguson’s Twitter feed, find the word “Harvard.” Good luck!

Following are some samples of Ferguson’s tweets (and I promise, I’m not making this stuff up, there’s lots more if you want to look for yourself).

December 11, 2009: “Back to foggy England after a week of filming in Springfield, Missouri, and Charleston, South Carolina…”

Jan 3, 2010: “I had not realized quite what St Bart’s was until the yachts arrived…”

Feb 3, 2010: “Davos was like the antithesis of Jaipur…”

April 26 2010: “Learned a lot at the Altegris/John Mauldin conference out in La Jolla….Plus surfing.”

May 23 2010: “Florence even in last weekend’s rain is the perfect place to think…”

June 5 2010: “Now to Lisbon…”

August 5 2010: “…just finished a whistle-stop tour of Australia…”

August 16 2010: “An African journey from Senegal to Namibia…”

Oct 12 2010: “Fascinating first trip to Seoul…”

October 23 2010: “Enjoying the Big Easy…”

November 16 2010: “Barry Eichengreen was on fine form when we met in Singapore last week…”

Mar 15 2011: “To Cambridge—the English one…”

November 7 2011: “Challenging few days ahead: Christian [sic] Amanpour on Sunday morning, 92nd St Y that night, then Colbert on Monday…”

Etc.

I am completely fascinated by this snapshot of a life full of glamour, frequent flier miles and five-figure stipends. Could anyone find the time to think seriously about any issue—not to mention taking a few minutes to meet with a student or two—when maintaining a schedule this frenetic? Plus: How could Ferguson possibly know what’s best for the United States when he’s so rarely in them?