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  • The Unsurprising Rarity of Homo Economicus

    The Unsurprising Rarity of Homo Economicus

    “SOVEREIGN in tastes, steely-eyed and point-on in perception of risk, and relentless in maximisation of happiness.” This was Daniel McFadden’s memorable summation, in 2006, of the idea of Everyman held by economists. That this description is unlike any real person was Mr McFadden’s point. The Nobel prizewinning economist at the…

  • How Big Business Robs Us With “Externalities”

    How Big Business Robs Us With “Externalities”

    A lot of folks go around talking about the efficiency of corporations and businesses based on the size of their profit margins. They often cite this as evidence that these busyness people really know how to do things the right way. If only government could learn how to do the…

  • Daodejing 28

    Daodejing 28

    #28* Knowing power, abiding in modesty; like a stream under Heaven. Like a stream under Heaven- never abandoning eternal virtue, returning at last to purity. Knowing white, abiding in black; like this order under Heaven. Like this order under Heaven- never losing eternal virtue, returning at last to infinity. Knowing…

  • multiple versions of regret

    multiple versions of regret

    Wonderful meditative poem on the beauty of some regrets. Amen! Related articles Self Written Poem (randalldeanscott.wordpress.com) Alcibiades 7 (keithwaynebrown.com) Regret (tattedmind.wordpress.com) In All of This, I Never Regret You. (whatwehavisthis.wordpress.com)

  • Sphurana

    Sphurana

    Write text here… Related articles Shiva Nataraj (keithwaynebrown.com) The Incarnations (keithwaynebrown.com) In The Silence Of Heart (prachipbhandari.wordpress.com) Winged Information: A Peer Into The Mountaintop. ~ Donny Duke (elephantjournal.com)

  • Before MOOCs, ‘Colleges of the Air’ – The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Karl Jaspers and a number of other professors gave radio lectures and then television lectures. I recall my great friend, Richard Owsley, telling me that while he studied at the University of Chicago in the 1950’s, he used to see…

  • Melancholia: Certain Tracks and Uncertain Treks

    Melancholia: Certain Tracks and Uncertain Treks

    Melancholia, always patient watcher, lurking in backgrounds, awaiting a moment when Sophia is not watching o’er my mind: Then, darkness. — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) April 23, 2013 Flow the words from my fingers through the medium, plastic metal silicone electricty Networking this disconnected prayer: Thou Encompassing Good, thou Great…

  • This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist

    This Image Should NOT be Seen by the Whole World | How to be an Anthropologist

    I find the Facebook meme distressing, not because of the Belo Monte Dan Project, but because the author and all of the people who share it have fed into and bolstered (even if unknowingly) a narrative that depicts indigenous people as sad and powerless and awaiting the benevolence of people from…

  • Daodejing 27

    Daodejing 27

    #27* The one who masters walking leaves no footprints. The one who masters speaking makes no slips of the tongue. The one who masters counting needs no tally tools to count. The one who masters shutting the door needs no bolt, yet it remains shut and none can open it.…

  • Daodejing 26

    Daodejing 26

    #26* Heaven is the root of lightness. Tranquility masters recklessness. Therefore the Sage travels all day careful to abandon nothing. Even in the face of luxury, like the swallow he flies undistracted. Why is the King with 10,000 chariots reckless with his kingdom? When lightness loses its root, recklessness loses…

  • Alan Watts on Waking Up

    Alan Watts on Waking Up

    My buddy-friend-guy of 9 years, Christopher, has been listening to this a lot in the last few days. I always love to hear the voice of Alan Watts. And this one kept grabbing my attention because of the ambient music & other sounds. Great little movie. Should make you smile…

  • Daodejing 25

    Daodejing 25

    #25* There is a thing born of Nature before Heaven & Earth. Soundless, formless Independent, unchanging Always turning, never stopping. Regard it: the Mother of All. I do not know its name, reluctantly I call it the Great Way (Dao). Great means disappearing. Disappeaering means going far away. Going far…

  • Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid

    Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC News This is the time of year many high school seniors are getting their long-awaited, highly anticipated college acceptance letters. See on inplainsight.nbcnews.com Related articles Organizing Adjunct Faculty (breadandrosesradio.wordpress.com) 10 Ways to Inspire Your Colleagues As An Educator…

  • Radiant Living

    Radiant Living

    My good brother, Andrew J. Taggart, continues his series of meditations on Radiant Living. I highly recommend Andrew’s work. He is a diligent, insightful counselor who is committed to reinvigorating the notion of philosophy as a way of life. Related articles Awakening to Philosophical Life: Now Available (keithwaynebrown.com) Daodejing 23 (keithwaynebrown.com)…

  • Can We Rethink the World?

    Can We Rethink the World?

    I know that we can rethink the world; moreover, I believe that we should. Henry Giroux and Brad Evans are both public intellectuals very well worth engaging. Please let me know what you think. I also recommend learning about the Public Intellectual Project and the Histories of Violence Project. Related articles…

  • Academic funding and the public interest: The death of political science – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

      While I am very sure that my style would quickly fall under the rubric of those who try to avoid criticism by a kind of jargony bad writing, I do agree with many points being made here.   The loss of NSF funding is a loss for American political…

  • Watch A Flash Mob Recreate Rembrandt In A Dutch Mall

    Pretty Cool.