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The Conscious Creation of Culture as the Goal of Education
I live in a world that is so normal to me that I forget that even most educated people don’t live in this world. I rarely watch television: I don’t watch sports, news, political debates or campaigns, advertising, celebrity gossip, … Continue reading
How the Endless Process of Division of Labor and the Entrepreneurial Identification of New Niches Would Transform Education If We Allowed it To Do So
I don’t actually have time to write a complete account of “How the Endless Process of Division of Labor and the Entrepreneurial Identification of New Niches Would Transform Education If We Allowed it To Do So” this morning, but I … Continue reading
Rethinking Education in Copan, Honduras
Last week I went to an NGO conference in Copan, Honduras, to speak on “Rethinking Education.” If you wanted to help a poor nation become prosperous, in addition to providing a world class legal system, what would you do? You … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, Daniel Pink, entrepreneurship, Free Cities, Honduras, Magatte, Malcolm Gladwell, Reavis, SAT, Senegal
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Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology
My TEDx UFM talk is out, “Socratic Practice as Disruptive Technology.” I refer early on to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outlier’s regarding the Korean Airline crash, then to Sophocles’ Antigone, Socrates, Julian Jaynes’ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the … Continue reading
Artistry and Entrepreneurship in Education
Imagine an artist whose work was completely governed by a set of rules created by a committee, which met periodically to change those rules. Sometimes the artist would be allowed to paint with oils, other times she would be required … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, artistry, education, entrepreneurship, innovation, Wozniak
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The Purpose of Education 