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Contemplating His Pole
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Lecturing Doesn’t Work?
The NY Times reports today that, at M.I.T, the traditional freshman physics lecture class of 300 students or more is being replaced by hands-on learning in small groups. Money quote: The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with … Continue reading
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Tagged bob dylan, college, college life, education, evolution, nostalgia, physics, science, teaching, teaching methods, the times they are a changin
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In the California Summer, Van Gogh Meets General Motors
On an evening walk with my camara I saw a vintage, baby blue truck with a baby blue “Starry Night” sunscreen. It’s an odd combination: high art mass produced for casual visual consumption, and perhaps purchased at a museum store, contrasted … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo, Apollonian, art, baby blue, California, calm, camara, capitalism, cars, classic cars, Detroit, Dionysian, Dionysus, Enkidu, General Motors, Gilgamesh, high art, Jacob, Jacob wrestling the angel, mass production, meditation, meditator, night, nostalgia, religion, Starry Night, trucks, Van Gogh, Van Gogh's Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh, yoga
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The Way We Never Were: A Book Review of Susan Jacoby’s “The Age of American Unreason”
I recently read Susan Jacoby’s book, “The Age of American Unreason.” The book is suffused with nostalgia for a time in America when the life of the mind was more valued than it seems to her to be today. Her … Continue reading
