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The 10 Books Everyone Should Read

2017.12.13 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

What are the 10 books that every well educated person should read? It depends on the definition of ‘well educated’.

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Posted in: Books, Education, Knowledge Tagged: Intellectual Abuse, Lifelong Learning, Teaching, Wisdom

Human Genetic Behavior

2017.07.31 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

…And this is why I have foolishly chosen to discuss the taboos of genetic behavior, and ethnic and sexual norms; not to chain people to stereotypes, but to free us all from them. We must recognize our genetic tendencies in order to design around them, and past them; as Bertolt Brecht noted, “When there are obstacles, the shortest distance between two points is a crooked line.”

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Posted in: Biology, Education, Knowledge, Medicine Tagged: Lifelong Learning, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Artificial Education vs Natural Education

2016.08.01 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

Our choices are artificial education vs natural education: either we force the student to learn; or, curiosity is universal, and only needs encouragement.

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Posted in: Education Tagged: Lifelong Learning, Teaching

Reinventing Wheels

2016.07.29 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Reinventing wheels, GeoOrbital

‘No need to reinvent the wheel.’ That was fine for the past. But accelerating progress makes reinventing wheels an absolute imperative.

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Posted in: Education Tagged: Lifelong Learning, Teaching, Wisdom

War on Women, War on Children

2016.07.22 by Bookscrounger 8 Comments

The hard right has been waging a War on Women, and their freedoms. It appears they are also waging a War on Children, and their intellectual freedoms.

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Posted in: Education, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Lifelong Learning, Teaching, Tolerance, 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

Zero Tolerance for Education

2016.06.27 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

Zero tolerance for rule-breaking, is zero tolerance for challenging the status quo.
Which is inseparable from intolerance for learning altogether.

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Posted in: Education Tagged: Lifelong Learning, Tolerance

Paying it Forward

2016.02.24 by Bookscrounger 3 Comments

I want to tell a nice story about myself, not to brag, but in the hope that others might do similar things. I try to head overseas every year or two, and so far my wife and I have been able to do that with our children.  It requires some hard choices and some clear … [Read more…]

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Openness vs Authority

2016.02.03 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

With the growth of openness, i.e., the Open Source / Open Content culture, if everyone can contribute then what is the meaning of authority?

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Posted in: Knowledge Tagged: Lifelong Learning

Educational Abuse

2016.01.29 by Bookscrounger 10 Comments

Every child starts with a natural curiosity, but educational abuse destroys it. What if we re-designed education to preserve that curiosity above all else?

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Posted in: Education, Knowledge Tagged: Intellectual Abuse, Lifelong Learning, Teaching
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