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  • Controlling for Cosmopolis

    Jose Ortega y Gasset points out that the term “emperor’ means “the one who goes to where the border begins”. The Latin word is related to the Spanish verb empezar (to begin). An Imperator was a general who kept whole the… Continue reading

    Controlling for Cosmopolis

  • The “Not-So-Lite” SUMMER READING LIST for Academics

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The “Not-So-Lite” SUMMER READING LIST for Academics!     Teri Shaffer Yamada Jeffrey J. Selingo, Editor at Large at the Chronicle of Higher Education, has extensive experience with the politics of … Keith Wayne Brown‘s… Continue reading

    The “Not-So-Lite” SUMMER READING LIST for Academics

  • New STAR WARS: RECLAMATION Series Holds Clues to EPISODE VII  – News – GeekTyrant

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions The first few pages of a story and character bible for a new series called Star Wars: Reclamation were posted on IMDB that not only give us some details on what the series will… Continue reading

    New STAR WARS: RECLAMATION Series Holds Clues to EPISODE VII  – News – GeekTyrant

  • Major Players in the MOOC Universe

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Explore connections among the industry’s major players. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Millions of students have signed up for massive open online courses, and hundreds of universities are offering some form of Web-based curriculum. Most… Continue reading

    Major Players in the MOOC Universe

  • Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions ‘…then there is the mishandling of time. The physicist Lee Smolin’s recent book, Time Reborn, links the crisis in physics with its failure to acknowledge the fundamental reality of time. Physics is predisposed to… Continue reading

    Philosophy isn’t dead yet | Raymond Tallis

  • Faculty eCommons Rethinking Your Online Classroom with Connectivism » Faculty eCommons

    Preparing for an independent scholar meeting this morning on the continuing issues of the digital divide, decided to read up a little more on connectivist theory of education, and I stumbled on this very succinct and well written piece by… Continue reading

  • Research impact: We need negative metrics too

    My colleagues J. Britt Holbrook, Kelli Barr and I had a letter published this week at Nature. Exciting for a humble daoist anarchocynic like myself. The correspondence also contains a link to a slightly revised version of our original submission.… Continue reading

    Research impact: We need negative metrics too

  • Boon of Dandelions 9

    Dozing content on mid-may morning Cool pillow against my cheek Iced coffee just enough to keep me from going back into dreamland Birds squawking at the humid heat Sun bright, day brilliant Writing thinking planning ———————- My futon is tight… Continue reading

    Boon of Dandelions 9

  • Why Rituals Work: Scientific American

    “Recent research suggests that rituals may be more rational than they appear. Why? Because even simple rituals can be extremely effective. Rituals performed after experiencing losses – from loved ones to lotteries – do alleviate grief, and rituals performed before… Continue reading

  • Challenge, don’t worship, the chiefs and high priestesses of science

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Alice Bell: If we don’t recognise the politics of science, we will just get played by those who do Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: "…Play into a game of hierarchies, and even if you don’t… Continue reading