Other Folks Blogs
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Dreamstate: Holographic & Multidimensional « Thoughts of a Taoist Babe
Interesting take on things from an artist… and some stunning art as well. For quite awhile now, I have been going on and on about my vivid dreams and the process of dreaming, ad nauseum. Not only have I given… Continue reading
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Coursera & the Future of Yesterday
A nice overview of what a motivated person got out of a Coursera offering on Greek & Roman mythology. Makes me want to do it and possibly see which of my friends would like to do it with me. The… Continue reading
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ARTSblog » Blog Archive » STEM Promotes Science Instruction at the Expense of Humanities
My good sister & colleague Kelli Barr responded to the ARTSblog piece to which I posted a link the other day. Besides a response here at Reason & Existenz, she also wrote a longer reaction at ARTSblog. She goes into… Continue reading
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Dr Rupert Sheldrake: Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion
In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. My concern here is with the bigger picture. I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard.… Continue reading
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The subscriptionization of everything >> Pandodaily
This brings up an interesting point: why do we need to expend resources printing & distributing things that are outdated very quickly? One factor is that people are becoming more comfortable with the idea of not owning something as long… Continue reading
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About Us | Open Culture
I cannot sing the praises of this site enough. Go there and look around good friend of the Ether. What is Open Culture’s Mission? Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web… Continue reading
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Adoration, Anniversary >> Becoming Integral
Congrats to Sam over at Becoming Integral on his blog’s one year anniversary. I have known Sam for a decade. His posts on his blog have been real highlight’s for me this year. Keep up the Loving Struggle good brother!… Continue reading
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“STEM without flowers is just a bare stem…”
…which sometimes can have some BIG thorns… We need more engineers and scientists. That has become the mantra of promoters of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in education. There is nothing wrong with such a rallying cry, except that… Continue reading
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A Liberal Moment – NYTimes.com
Still hard to believe, I told a friend the other day while trying to fathom the election results, that pot is legal in my state, gays are free to marry, and a black man who vowed to raise taxes on… Continue reading
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Feeling Sad and Depressed? « beyondclicktivism
Feeling Sad and Depressed? « beyondclicktivism. Continue reading
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More response to the New York Times’ Latest Irritating Analysis of the Hipster
Another reaction to Wampole’s diagnosis of overly tragic irony among Millenials that nicely bookends the other response I posted yestereve. If the prototypical highly educated, white, 20-something city dweller is a skinny dude in a vintage Stryper T-shirt with elaborate… Continue reading
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a millenial response to being accused of “irony”
I posted Christy Wampole’s piece on Millenials and the great issue she takes with them: they are too ironic. I argued that I thought she was missing something, but I did not go too deeply into why. This wonderful response… Continue reading
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The end of the university « Andrew Taggart
Nice meditation on a favorite subject of mine: where exactly higher education may be going in the globalized Society of Control. Taggart asks some good questions and is moving toward an intriguing elucidation: …any serious threat to the status quo… Continue reading
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How to Live Without Irony – NYTimes.com
Thanks to Andrew J. Taggart for pointing out this entry to the Stone blog at NYTimes.com. A good read. Not sure I agree with the whole premise. In my view, while Millenials do present a lot of irony (at least… Continue reading
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America’s secret fracking war – Salon.com
There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent movement. It’s a secret war being waged in the shadows while you go about your everyday life. In the end,… Continue reading
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