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The former secretary of labor on the myth of “paid-what-you’re-worth” and how our money can be better spent Source: www.salon.com

Monopoly is back: Barry Lynn on the concentration of American economic power — and how we can restore fairness Source: www.salon.com

The Distracted Generation Infographic: Tools and Tips to Get Children Refocused! Source: elearninginfographics.com

First published by EDU Tech on 24th July, 2014 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an exciting new development in online education. In this article, Viplav Baxi explores the origins of MOOCs, t… Source: learnos.wordpress.com “What we should be doing instead, is to build massively open connective learning ecologies that can help…

In Spiti, every step you take in the 1,000-year-old Tabo monastery is like a walk through the pages of history Source: www.business-standard.com Basically, the origin point of Tibetan Buddhism.

If we live in a disenchanted age — an era of science, technology, and secular reason — why are stories about supernatural forces, magical beings, and godlike powers so popular? Alan Jacobs explains what fantasy lets us safely see. Source: www.thenewatlantis.com

WASHINGTON— In an effort to ensure that those on welfare are actively seeking employment, a new law enacted this week will require recipients of federal aid to periodically submit vials of sweat for measurement by government officials. Source: www.theonion.com Too wonderful. 🙂

Florida Governor Rick Scott, once a proud climate denier, is now reluctant to talk about it. What changed? Source: www.newrepublic.com

Its use of the kinds of big lies favored by totalitarian regimes is aimed at feeding two reactions: racism among its supporters and terror among its victims in Gaza. – 2014/08/03 Source: m.truthdig.com

I have seen the future of iced coffee. There I was, wandering the grocery-store aisles—when suddenly, next to the kombucha, opposite the rotisserie chickens, I spotted something I never thought I’d live to see. A blue and white carton—like the half-pints of milk that come on elementary school lunch trays—emblazoned…

A well-designed office is a happy office. As facilities managers strive to save space and cash, they’re reshuffling desks and fiddling with temperature gauges. All of which has an impact on workers’ performance. Open-plan offices may make some kinds of collaboration easier, but are they more conducive to productivity? What’s the most irritating workplace distraction? And are those state-of-the-art workstations…

Nationally, American prisons release the equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Boston every year. Source: www.truth-out.org

Black music sounds the way it does because musicians are not at the table trying to make 21st century music. Musicians need to stop hating and get busy creating music that speaks to this generation. Source: www.truth-out.org An interesting plea from a Prince Charles Alexander.

Why does ignorance rule in policy debates? Source: www.nytimes.com Are we as societies even capable of taking good policy advice?

I camp, therefore I am. Source: sprudge.com It got so bad that a number of Sultans tried to ban people hanging out in coffee houses, on pain of death, though that might have had something to do with political unrest. These Sultanic edicts were of course unsuccessful in stopping the coffee…

It’s the biggest Ebola outbreak on record. Here’s the basics. Source: www.vox.com Not absolute death, but that does not mean precautions should be ignored.