January 2011
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“Every aspect of life is an experiment that can be better understood if it is...”
– Roger Schank (via plsj)
I was so glad to see this — as Roger Schank is one of my intellectual touchstones (re both education and information science — see my blog post: “It’s Storytelling, Stupid!”
Switching gears a bit (but sticking to Schank), here’s a summary...
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com →
I do hope you three have forgiven me for not pushing you to excel in life… (and I trust you have seen this online debate).
If you want to hear Amy Chua discussing her own specialty - empire politics in the world - check out this Lewis Lapham interview with her on The World in Time podcast. (Frankly, I was unimpressed with her verbally - she sounds like a young American girl in terms of...
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A Shamelessly Self-Centered Collection of Links:... →
maxappleton:
Found a viral series called ‘Drunk History’, in which a comedian or actor gets really, really drunk, and then recites a significant historical even as best they can. Then, several actors re-enact the historical event as the very drunk ‘historian’ narrated it, word for word. It sounds pretty…
I also found the Drunk History videos funny (disgusting - the puking bits…),...
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A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation -... →
Here’s an article about a science polymath - Geoffrey West - which I loved.
His mathematical analysis about the effect of the size of cities, of course, made me think of Singapore (see historical population stats here) - what the difference will be between 5 million people and upwards of 6 million people (as the government plans)…..
And then Max mentions to me that Sam has got both...
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WatchJWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011
You know I love predictions - well, here are 100 trends predicted by J. Walter Thompson. Lots of stuff to consider.
It starts out with 3D Printing - or fabrication devices - which are related to the Book Expresso machines, whereby you can specify a book to be printed. I know the physical book will never die - instead you will be able to print and recycle those...
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Econ 101 ?
Sam, as you’re taking more econ this semester, I thought you might want to check out this blog — by a Berkeley professor — especially his Dec 5th post on:
What Do Econ 1 Students Need to Remember Most from the Course?
His recommendation (see below) was one reason I bought you that Zombie Economics book.
The other was hearing the Australian author, Professor John Quiggin,...
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