Monthly Archives: November 2011
Bloggingheads: Making College Cheaper – Video Library – The New York Times
Glenn Loury, left, of Brown University and Walter Russell Mead of Bard College debate about making college education more economically efficient. via Bloggingheads: Making College Cheaper – Video Library – The New York Times.
Filed under learning
Kenan Maliks review of Ornamentalism by David Cannadine
Yet another clipping – Moreover, Cannadine observes, depending on context and circumstances, both white and dark-skinned peoples of the empire were seen as superior; or alternatively as inferior. British imperialists loathed Indians and Africans no more nor less than they … Continue reading
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The Tyranny of Meritocracy – Megan McArdle – Business – The Atlantic
But in the new aristocracy, it is rarely enough to just get born to the right parents; you also have to work very hard. �(Higher earning men are now more likely to work more than 50 hours a week than … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
The Bushfire Bunker Finished
Years ago – after the 09 BushFires – there was all this discussion about BUSHFIRE BUNKERS. Dierderek at that time posted – to say that he was building a bukner. Adn the days went by he sent me images of … Continue reading
Archbishop of Canterbury Endorses Tax on Bankers – NYTimes.com
I love the idea of a Robin Hood Tax!! “There is still a powerful sense around — fair or not — of a whole society paying for the errors and irresponsibility of bankers; of messages not getting through; of impatience … Continue reading
Filed under philanthrophy, politics
How The TOFU Project Is Teaching Silicon Valley Values To Japanese Entrepreneurs | Fast Company
The goal is to expose the nine entrepreneurs on the one-week program to the ways Silicon Valley goes about innovating “and then bring those experiences back to Japan to spread to other entrepreneurs,” Kan says. Among the stops on the … Continue reading
Why Microsofts Vision Of The Future Is Dead On Arrival | Co. Design
Why Microsofts Vision Of The Future Is Dead On Arrival | Co. Design. I saw this video last week and as I mowed the lawn over the weekend I mowed angrily at the sheer waste and lifelessness of this ‘future’ … Continue reading
Filed under Sustainability
