John Taylor Gatto: On Education — Other Books and Excerpts
Source Book: The Underground History of American Education: A School Teacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling
Review (Guest): Trying Not to Try – The Art and Science of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland Paradigm shifting look at Csikszenmihaly’s concept of flow, March 23, 2014 By Just Me When I discovered Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s book Flow, about 10 years ago, I recognized that he was talking about a concept that I had experienced many times, that was important in my life, and that I craved. Learning about flow …
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John Danaher: Rule by Algorithm? Big Data and the Threat of Algocracy
Rule by Algorithm? Big Data and the Threat of Algocracy An increasing number of people are worried about the way in which our data is being mined by governments and corporations. One of these people is Evgeny Morozov. In an article that appeared in the MIT Technology Review back in October 2013, he argued that …
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Jean Lievens: R. C. Smith Alternative Philosophy of Social Change – On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century
On the Basic Income Law, Economic Democracy, Participatory Economics, and the Importance of the Commons in the 21st Century R. D. Smith Introduction Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of engaging with a number of people both in formal discussions and on Heathwood’s comment boards regarding a range of issues. These issues …
Review: Theodore and Woodrow – How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom
Andrew P. Napolitano 7 Stars — Documents Presidential Perfidy – Life Transformative for This Reason I broke with the Republican Party over Iran-Contra and belatedly, the one trillion a year that Reagan started shamelessly borrowing to fund the dual welfare system — a dysfunctional military-espionage-industrial complex for the right, and a dysfunctional regulatory myopic and …
Patrick Meier: Why Anonymity is Important for Truth and Trustworthiness Online
Why Anonymity is Important for Truth and Trustworthiness Online Philosophy Professor, Karen Frost-Arnold, has just published a highly lucid analysis of the dangers that come with Internet accountability (PDF). While the anonymity provided by social media can facilitate the spread of lies, Karen rightly argues that preventing anonymity can undermine online communities by stifling communication and …
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Review (Guest): The Nearly Free University and the Emerging Economy: The Revolution in Higher Education
Charles Hugh Smith Publisher’s Overview: With the soaring cost of higher education, has the value a college degree been turned upside down. College tuition and fees are up 1000% since 1980. Half of all recent college graduates are jobless or underemployed, revealing a deep disconnect between higher education and the job market. It is no …
