Technoscientific Disclosure
The ways that 21st Century humanity thinks about the world from at the intersection of technology & science.
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How does Vandana Shiva do it?
Reading Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and other works that are transforming my anarchocynicism, my thoughts keep returning to Vandana Shiva. “[How do I do it?] Well, it’s always a mystery, because you don’t know why you get depleted or recharged.… Continue reading
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Logocentrism and the Unpreparedness of [Top] Students
A recent commentary at the Chronicle of Higher Education centers on the lack of preparedness among even top students entering college at even the most selective universities. Above all, it’s time to acknowledge that even top students may have college-readiness… Continue reading
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A Graphical View of Student Patterns in MOOCs
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: With the exception of the drop-ins–because universities control access to content pretty well–these numbers mirror many of the patterns I see with standard education models in large classrooms. Now, in… Continue reading
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Bill Gates Has a Solution for Higher Education: Yoda | Inside Higher Ed
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: If I may mix metaphors, I am weakened by my Kryptonite: Star Wars. I have done a number of talks on Philosophy & Star Wars. The one I liked the best… Continue reading
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Originally posted on The MOOC Experience: Social media and digital learning environments are now combined. As part of the MOOC experience, students are requested to join debates and course’s topics on social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google +.… Continue reading
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The Bandwidth Divide – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions As more colleges rush to offer free online courses, it’s worth asking who might be left out for lack of high-speed Internet access to watch video lectures. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: I am organizing… Continue reading
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The Tenth Dimension
So, there is a lot of mind blowing thinking out in the realm of contemporary physics. Those of us who know the history of philosophy are not afraid to call a good deal of this metaphysics. Certainly, it is the… Continue reading
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Originally posted on The Elusive Self: The human brain is an incredibly complex object. With billions of cells each with thousands of connections, it is difficult to know where to begin. Neuroscientists can probe the brain with electrodes, see inside… Continue reading
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AI, or Awakened Intelligence
unfueled – uncompromised – undefined – unconditioned – unbounded : mindful #liberation : #nirvana — Keith Wayne Brown (@pahndeepah) March 1, 2013 Let me make this over the top claim: “Artificial Intelligence” is actually what we do on a regular… Continue reading
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The Three Horsemen of the MOOCpocaplypse
A small foray into the political after a few weeks of mostly concentrating on spirituality. But not too far in as my concern is prompted by my contemplation. I want to thank my good brother Lance W. for pointing out… Continue reading
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A natural philosopher† that should be studied & comprehended in order to see the large impact he has on everyday thought as well as on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. †The term “scientist” was not invented & used widely until… Continue reading
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How Capitalism Creates The Welfare State « The Dish
The two concepts are usually seen in complete opposition in our political discourse. The more capitalism and wealth, the familiar argument goes, the better able we are to do without a safety net for the poor, elderly, sick and young.… Continue reading
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Influential few predict behaviour of the many : Nature News & Comment
Further tools for writing the book of life. To completely understand how a living organism works one would have to take it apart, the great physicist Niels Bohr once observed — but then the organism would certainly be dead1.… Continue reading
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No Room for Improvements
You would find your own life and the lifeworld itself flourishes with more gracefulness if you just let-go the need to improve yourself. Wait, wait: Don’t misunderstand me. Not recommending that you stop doing Yoga or meditating or learning skills… Continue reading
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MOOCs as capital-biased technological change
Last week my Twitter feed briefly turned into a kind of massively open online course about MOOCs, in response to this thoughtful critique by Aaron Bady of an earlier post by Clay Shirky advancing an optimistic view of the role that… 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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