bradley

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   by bradley 14y ago

   I had more appreciation for the complexity of the human organism after reading this NYTimes article about our microbiome: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13micro.html?_r=1&... 10 times more microbial than 'human' DNA in our bod
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   by bradley 15y ago

   Our K-12 system was modeled on the system the King of Prussia used to produce compliant citizens, efficient workers, and obedient soldiers starting in the late 1700's, using the factory model with children as both raw product and finished m
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   by bradley 16y ago

   Can't remove batteries from iPhones. It's part of the conspiracy!
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   by bradley 16y ago

   > The question we need to ask about education: > What are we trying to produce? K-12 education as we know it today was first mandated/implemented by the King of Prussia in the 1860's to jump into the Industrial Revolution. We sent
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   by bradley 16y ago

   Thank you for mentioning Stephenson. I haven't read him other than Snow Crash, and I don't think I finished it. Googling Anathem brought me to this blog review of it: http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2008/10/thoughts-after-readi... which