I avoid making posts about political issues at all costs, especially in today’s partisan society. However, things I have seen and read in just the last few weeks have made it impossible for me to keep a lid on things. From the inability of Congress to act on nearly any sort of legislation to the [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Philosophy category.
Teaching is ‘not like making motorcars’
Sir Ken Robinson is on the offensive once more, arguing that we are facing a dangerous situation in our current global industrial style of education. It appears he gave another TED talk this year, with his last one being in 2006 which I shared here. This time around, he also gave a brief interview with [...]
Are Schools Killing Creativity?
I don’t have a lot of time to write at the moment, but I came across this video and had to share it. Promoting creativity in schools is a strong passion of mine, and in this video Ken Robinson argues how we are currently killing creativity in children and teaching them to be afraid of [...]
Symphony of Science – The Poetry of Reality
A new Symphony of Science music video is up today. As with all of them, it takes a couple watches for it to grow on you. I hope this guy puts out a full album someday.
From YouTube to Carl Sagan
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” – Carl Sagan There have been days I have come home from work or school, only to find myself reading – constantly. I feel I have had an enormous curiosity about the world – as most people inherently do, [...]