As in the sciences, the humanities also feel the pressure to demonstrate societal relevance. Applied philosophy is a natural place to look. But how has it fared in terms of having an impact?” Source: blogs.lse.ac.uk Continue reading

A lot of Internet ink has been spilled over how lazy and entitled Millennials are, but when it comes to paying for a college education, work ethic isn’t the limiting factor. The economic cards are stacked such that today’s average… Continue reading

Technology and rapidly evolving student needs are influencing how schools can think about trust, autonomy and collaboration. Source: ww2.kqed.org Continue reading

The powerless, freed from the responsibility of consequences, can wallow in their misery, create imaginary histories, and nurture delusions of promised grandeur. In imposing their new order, the European powers took away both the capacity of governance from Muslim rulers… Continue reading

We propose a pragmatic romanticism unhindered by ideological anchorage. Thus, metamodernism shall be defined as the mercurial condition between and beyond irony and sincerity, naivety and knowingness, relativism and truth, optimism and doubt, in pursuit of a plurality of disparate… Continue reading

I don’t believe the majority of coffee-drinking customers are quite ready to appreciate and understand why roasters have suddenly dropped blends from their offering. Blends still hold a special place in customer’s hearts; they’re the flag-bearer for the business; the… Continue reading

According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Source: www.truth-out.org Democracy schmocracy Continue reading

Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: This is a difference between the passive be and the active being…. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House The… Continue reading

Originally posted on johnpoetflanagan: may 1992 Here a month in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore and i’m enjoying it. If i looked for a starker contrast to the bustle of Bangkok i couldn’t find a better one… Continue reading

Originally posted on All About Being Human (award-free zone): Oh joy joy joy joy joy! “Why are you joyful?”  You ask. “That is an excellent question!”  I respond. Is it because I’m finally hugging Old Man Winter good bye for… Continue reading

Quantum mechanics has so many counterintuitive features that it seems possible to learn a new one every month. Today’s lesson involves particles that are set into the same quantum state and effectively become indistinguishable. Once they are indistinguishable, they start… Continue reading

A skeleton named Little Foot is among the oldest hominid skeletons ever dated at 3.67 million years old, according to an advanced dating method. Little Foot is a rare, nearly complete skeleton of Australopithecus first discovered 21 years ago in… Continue reading

Up until the ban on coffee exports, Monasterio Trapense used to ship 150 kilos of coffee per week to be sold in the US—and even got away with it for a while after the ban, but it was short-lived. After… Continue reading

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel More about this product Price: $2.99 British pensioners on a tight budget move to a retirement home in india; their adventures there giving them a new lease on life. Source: www.amazon.com Such a beautiful little… Continue reading

It is a signal pleasure to announce that this week slowlorisblog is hosting an essay by Dr. Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Dr. Fuller joins us today to discuss a fascinating intellectual… Continue reading