I am a Neo-Luddite, have leanings toward Cliodynamics and I am aging. Luddites were people in the 19th-century who were opposed to the use of technologies (automation) because they believed it was detrimental to fair remuneration and that it reduced the quality of the (weaving) process. These insightful (in my opinion) folks considered themselves LudditesContinueContinue reading “Neo-Luddite, Cliodynamics and Aging”
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Flipping the Coin (Taster)
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. William Arthur Ward This is a true story. My office phone rings. For the record, and to ensure that you conjure up the correct image, the phone is no digital, touch-dial, hands-free masterpiece: it is a dial-up,ContinueContinue reading “Flipping the Coin (Taster)”
City’s Song
Awoken by a midnight call Runaway thoughts in wayward dreams Rolling through thoughts of you Dancing to the City’s song. Shadows creep along the wall Circle ‘round the moonlit beam Holding hands they frolic to Voices in the City’s song. The City’s song The City’s song Who dares hear the City’s song? The City’s songContinueContinue reading “City’s Song”
LIGHTS AND THE CIRCLE OF CONCERN
We have loaded the dog, and are seated in the front of the Subaru ready to depart for a quick trip to the vet – a very quick as it happened . The dog’s two small lumps have changed shape and grown over the past few months – quite rapidly, to me at least -ContinueContinue reading “LIGHTS AND THE CIRCLE OF CONCERN”
Happy New Year 2016 – The Line
Which line to ride at the station, which direction to the next stop along; All trains look the same with their mostly unreadable names; Messages color-coded for our minds, help comprehend the mysteries behind; The tracks fade ahead in shadows, hiding all our world’s future sorrows; Of this planet and its tears, cuts the deepContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year 2016 – The Line”
THE MIND BOGGLES
When a “ Yes, Prime Minister” moment (or two) occurs, which, may I add, seem not to be isolated events but seemingly endemic to the wider system, I just can’t resist leaving it to the book. I had several of those moments recently. The first was at a meeting where we were required to castContinueContinue reading “THE MIND BOGGLES”
A.I., TROLLEY PROBLEM AND FUTURES
I’ll come back to the π-type learner soon. This posting relates loosely to that string of thought connections. I read in the New Scientist (9th Dec. 2015) “Super-literate software reads and comprehends better than humans” and in a news report in the ABC Australia on an 11th December 2015 Science article on how scientists areContinueContinue reading “A.I., TROLLEY PROBLEM AND FUTURES”
EDUCATION ALIGNMENT 1
Whether we like it or not, higher education has become commoditised. It is about economics, dollars and cents (or lack of sense). It is no longer free. For many in the academy it is about bringing in stipends, grants and awards – a publish or perish lifestyle (much of what is published should be perished).ContinueContinue reading “EDUCATION ALIGNMENT 1”
EDUCATION FUTURES 1
The Dilbert Principle (It’s useless to expect rational behaviour from the people you work with, or anybody else for that matter… come to peace with the fact that that you’re surrounded by idiots) challenges us with an audacious statement. Unfortunately, the reality is quite clear: higher education has a plentiful supply of idiots. There areContinueContinue reading “EDUCATION FUTURES 1”
ACTIVATION
Moving along at a paltry 200km/ph on the Hayabusa Shinkansen bound for Shin Aomori, and then to Hakodate via the Super Hokuto, it is hard to reconcile experiences and observations in this country filled with anomalies and contradictions. I sit on a westward-facing seat so the blind is predominantly drawn to stop the rapidly fallingContinueContinue reading “ACTIVATION”
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