On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”
How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.
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01, 2018
10
01, 2018
The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)
The humanities have little standing in society at large.
7
01, 2018
The beauty of nature observed in its unfolding.
Beauty in nature is there to be seen, if we have eyes for it.
4
01, 2018
Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)
By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.
25
12, 2017
Sun, nature, spirit, philanthropy
The spirit of philanthropy at Christmas, evoked by nature.
21
12, 2017
The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us
How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.
12
12, 2017
Rivers of time and change, outside and within
Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.
11
12, 2017
The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)
Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.
5
12, 2017
Handwriting, typing, word-processing, texting: an evolution, or devolution, of understanding.
How the shift from handwriting to technological word-processing indicates a loss of language's deeper meaning.
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11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.