Month: March 2017

  • Automation is Driven by Humans in Power

    > Robots don’t apply for jobs. Robots don’t “come for jobs.” Rather, business owners opt to automate rather than employ people. [source](http://hackeducation.com/2017/03/30/driverless)

  • The Problem With Facts

    > a simple untruth can beat off a complicated set of facts simply by being easier to understand and remember. [source](http://timharford.com/2017/03/the-problem-with-facts/)

  • Less Communication Can Be Better

    > As a distributed algorithm theorist, in other words, when I encounter a typical knowledge economy office, with its hive mind buzz of constant unstructured conversation, I don’t see a super-connected, fast-moving and agile organization — I instead see a poorly designed distributed system. [source](http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/03/30/the-obvious-value-of-communication-is-perhaps-not-so-obvious/)

  • Extractive democracy

    > A law and order mentality is crucial for maintaining the policing side of the extractive apparatus, so we should expect that ideology to be frequently expressed.   [source](https://bryanalexander.org/2017/03/21/the-extractive-democracy-in-2017-and-beyond/)

  • Learning Pit

    > With learning as not only the goal, but also the final outcome, students are guided through a process that illustrates how learning is the ultimate reward. When grades are thrown into the mix the focus becomes a path of least resistance, negating the positive outcomes associated with students experiencing the learning pit.  [source](http://esheninger.blogspot.ca/2017/03/learning-is-reward.html)

  • Dubious Claims

    > When confronted with a dubious claim: 1. Check for previous fact-checking work 2. Go upstream to the source 3. Read laterally [source](https://hapgood.us/2017/03/04/how-news-literacy-gets-the-web-wrong/)

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