I started this blog today and went through my email to pull out things I wanted to post (I looked at my inbox on my gmail account, so only those emails that someone responded to got posted here). I didn’t …
Month: October 2011
A path for the future…
The return of a zero-sum world
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/07/26/the_return_of_a_zero_sum_world/index.html
We are already well down the path to third-world status, this article is a road map to get the rest of the way there……
Another thoughtful article
Some good stuff today…
Why we should protect those accused of rape
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/27/dsk_kobe_assange_flatley/index.html
Initially the article sounds outlandish, but it makes a very good point. Very analogous to the loosy-goosy way people wind up on sexual predator lists (I read …
Not just grade inflation, now credential inflation
The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/education/edlife/edl-24masters-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
It seems clear to me that we are having an education bubble exactly the same as the housing bubble. When I started my MBA more than 15 years ago it was purported to …
Doomed to repeat
If students fail history, does it matter?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/26/education.history.soboroff/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1
I took the quiz they had and while I got 100%, I was left to guess on 3 or 4 of the questions and only the context allowed me to narrow down …
Something we get to start thinking about soon…
The hard truth about getting old
Sixty isn’t the new 40, and 80 isn’t the new 60. I know it. You know it. So why do we buy into it?
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/08/03/lillian_rubin_on_ageism/index.html
I have read several articles about the idea of …
The value of being bored
The Heady Thrill of Having Nothing to Do
Is constant stimulation hurting our creativity—and the economy?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576486412642177904.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The article seems tongue-in-cheek, but I imagine there are several kernels of truth in it. Having to make do with little or nothing …
Hacker shows how to hack insulin pumps at Black Hat conference
http://www.slashgear.com/hacker-shows-how-to-hack-insulin-pumps-at-black-hat-conference-05169762/
When we all get brain implants, those will be hacked as well. Then we really won’t know if we are in the matrix or not……
And people are surprised?
Cheating report confirms teacher’s suspicions
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/05/atlanta.public.schools.scandal/index.html
Shocking! Night follows day! Who could have possibly predicted such a black swan event?
I am dubious about this particular claim:
“Nobody knows yet how to write machine-scorable standardized test questions that are able …
Interesting points
Is Obama Smart?
A case study in stupid is as stupid does.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904140604576495932704234052.html
Normally it is quite challenging to read a piece from the WSJ and expect anything to be objective or analytical when it comes to democratic behavior (indeed, …