Situatedness
DASEIN, Being-here, openness, having to be open, connectedness
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Can Colleges Ever Really Be Accountable?
I go on a bit about our system of higher education. Mostly I do this because I have been in and around it for over two decades so it is a beast that is quite familiar to me. But that… Continue reading
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The New Jim Crow: Enslaving our Future
In case you don’t have it in you to read the book–which I highly recommend as something you SHOULD read–here is a very nice overview. Do not let yourself believe that incarceration in the United States of America is doing… Continue reading
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Robots, Robber Barons, & the Situation for Existential Innovation
A more full account from Paul Krugman on some of the topics I originally brought up yesterday. Still, can innovation and progress really hurt large numbers of workers, maybe even workers in general? I often encounter assertions that this can’t… Continue reading
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Essay on the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers | Inside Higher Ed
An article recently completed by my colleagues at UNT”s Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity. Worth the read good brothers & sisters of the Ether. One of the oldest questions of philosophy is, “Who guards the guardians?” When Plato posed… Continue reading
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4 Eco-Friendly Structures Straight Out of Science Fiction | Cracked.com
With their usual wit & sarcasm, the Cracked.com team lets us know about some pretty cool structures. A few chuckles does not take away from the feeling of how fricking cool all these things are. 4 Eco-Friendly Structures Straight Out… Continue reading
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R&Ex’s 500th Post: The Student Debt Crisis
Thanks to all of those who have been reading this blog and spurring me on to keep posting. The other day I passed 10,000 views. And today is another milestone: the 500th post. I wanted to be sure and pick… Continue reading
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Driving toward Innovation
Humans have drives–natural & social. Our natural drives we may call our instincts for survival. Our social drives we might refer to as our habits for success. Obviously, in all things, there are times when natural & social impulses conflict.… Continue reading
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Day (356) – Incredible « The Better Man Project
A nice entry from Evan Sanders at the Better Man Project that really exemplifies “Do or do not… there is no try.” Very much worth the read, and if you have not followed this project yet… DO so. Day (356)… Continue reading
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Existential Entrepreneurship…
I do not agree with everything here. But that is why I need to work on developing my own concept of the existential entrepreneur. Still, there are some very good point in this piece; the information about this study is… Continue reading
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Special Issue at Journal NATURE: After Kyoto
On 1 January 2013, the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that nations made as part of the Kyoto Protocol will expire, leaving the planet without any international climate regulation and uncertain prospects… Continue reading
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Letters From Millennial Voters – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
These letters that Sullivan has collected are an education for older Americans. Folks should give a look & think about what Millenials are saying. Letters From Millennial Voters – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast. Continue reading
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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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“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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