May 20, 2011

Seven Skills to Become Super Smart Not a bad little article, though it isn’t categorically consistent. Who cares. It’s a good cup of joe.

Our colleges are not delivering on their promises but students are paying an awful lot of money – to the banks and the government.

Sometimes people are so foolish and wrong-headed that you can only shake your head and wish they had never been born. Break heart, for I must hold my tongue. Read this post from Mere Comments.

When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend. Joshua Foer: Moonwalking with Einstein In classical schools much is made of academic rigor, and no wonder given the sloth and lack of interest in what we would call education