Human beings did not evolve by reading books. They evolved by manually creating and handling tools. For example, we have evidence of early humans from the arrow heads or sewn-shoes they've left behind. See my entry on the Paisley caves near …
Critical Thinking Is Not Enough
Higher Education often preaches the virtue of training learners in critical thinking. Liberal arts colleges and curriculum and humanities programs are some of the strongest proponents of believing they have what it takes to train others on critical …
Capitalism: Success, Crisis and Reform Lecture 1
Yale course on Capitalism. First lecture entitled Exploding Worlds and Course Introduction. This is part of 33 free courses from Yale University posted to YouTube. It is absolutely incredible to have such resources so readily available. …
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The power and beauty of organic design. Ross Lovegrove TED Talk
Interesting ideas, but I think that this guy needs some professional counseling, especially given his reaction to an entirely acceptable response from Samsung Executives who gave him blank stares at his ideas for how to compete with Apple. Or at the …
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The Case for Liberal Arts Education
In an article on Inside Higher Ed entitled Disappearing Liberal Arts Colleges, Scott Jasik quotes Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., regarding the challenges facing liberal arts colleges and by extension liberal arts education. "The problem is not that some …
The War on Boys. The Quiet Crisis
The quiet crisis in today's culture, flying almost entirely under the radar. "The war on boys: Young men losing ground in education, emotional health and jobs". Key quotes: "We can't still keep thinking that it's always girls who get the short end …