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The Problem with Historical Context

2019.02.13 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Detail of Delaroche's 'Napoléon abdiquant à Fontainebleau' ("Napoléon abdicated in Fontainebleau"),

To understand our past, historical context is a critical starting point. But to design the future, it cannot also be the endpoint.

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Posted in: Knowledge Tagged: fundamentalism, Hammer Thinking, Kings Conquerors Psychopaths

Intolerance vs Intolerance

2018.09.02 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

I would enthusiastically support ‘Story Time by the LGBT+ Community.’ I do not support ‘Drag Queen Story Time.’ My concern is one of intolerance vs intolerance.

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Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Anger Mongering, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Tolerance

Liberal and Conservative, Left and Right

2018.08.28 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
The Liberal Bell

In popular usage, ‘left’ and ‘right’ have come to mean the same thing as ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative,’ respectively. This is a critical mistake.

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Posted in: Books, Politics Tagged: Constitutional Fundamentalism, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Wisdom

Fear Mongers, Anger Mongers

2017.11.08 by Bookscrounger 3 Comments

Conservatives were delighted to see Obama go. Well, most conservatives. There were some hard-to-the-right conservatives who probably wept when he left.

The gun manufacturers…

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Trump

How to Fix Congress

2017.10.18 by Bookscrounger 2 Comments

Before we can fix government, we need to fix Congress. The problem in Congress is minority rule, but the privacy of the ballot box could restore political moderation.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Partisan Politics

Ridiculing Neo-Nazis

2017.08.28 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Ridiculing neo-Nazis and other extremists is a powerful tool, but one that can also backfire badly. It is imperative that we offer carrots with the sticks.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Trump, Wisdom

The Ideal & Romanticism

2017.06.22 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

How many of the Romanticists ever visited the peasants in winter? Did any of them bother to pass by their frozen shacks when there was not enough food, fuel, clothes or warmth? In its focus on the ideal, how much disease, starvation, and death did Romanticism miss, in the nature all around them, and in the homes of their poor neighbors? The Romantics are like all of us: we only see what we wish to see…

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Posted in: Biology, Knowledge Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Wisdom

Intellectual Abandonment: Leaving Kids Behind

2016.07.11 by Bookscrounger 4 Comments
Intellectual Abandonment

No Child Left Behind.
Every Student Succeeds.

Superficial changes to education will never resolve the central problem: intellectual abandonment is designed into the deepest fabric of our schools.

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Posted in: Education Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Intellectual Abuse, Lifelong Learning, Teaching

Us vs Them

2016.06.03 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

‘Us vs Them’ is pretty simple, from a strategic standpoint. When we decide that another person is similar to us, it means we are looking for cooperation, for peace. And when we decide that someone is different, we are looking for conflict and competition and ultimately, war.

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Posted in: Knowledge Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Wisdom

Critical Thinking as a Teachable Skill

2016.05.04 by Bookscrounger 4 Comments

The world is changing rapidly – politically, socially, technologically – and progress requires us to pursue critical thinking, and to resist authority.

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Posted in: Education, Knowledge Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Intellectual Abuse, Teaching, Tolerance, Wisdom
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