Fermi Paradox And Elon

Impostor Syndrome

Learning to Deal with Impostor Syndrome

13 Charts That Will Make Total Sense To People With Impostor Syndrome

Fighting Impostor Syndrome

It’s almost the future...

The Best Ways To Celebrate Marty McFly's Arrival Next Month

It’s pretty crazy next month will be OCT 21 20 15 04, it always seemed like that date was so far in the future....

I protected my privacy by ditching Chrome for Brave–and so should you

This web browser looks and works like Chrome–if Chrome were built to shield your data from prying eyes.

I’ve been reading about Brave, going to give it a go....

Now it feels like Christmas is coming

Waiting for the Pope2

About Education

During the UN High-Level Political Forum I attended this morning the moderator of the event shared a quote with us...

Education is the transmission of civilization.  

Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew.

Consider education not as the painful accumulation of facts and dates and reigns, not merely the necessary preparation of the individual to earn his keep in the world, but the transmission of our mental, moral, technical and aesthetic heritage as fully as possible to as many as possible, for the enlargement of man’s and woman’s understanding, control, embellishment, and enjoyment of life: the pursuit of happiness.

If men and women are fortunate, they will, before they die, gather up as much as they can of their civilized heritage and transmit it to their children.

And to their final breath they will be grateful for their inexhaustible legacy, knowing that it is our nourishing mother and our lasting life.

~The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant

David Byrne & Neil deGrasse Tyson Explain the Importance of an Arts Education (and How It Strengthens Science & Civilization)

What do you think is the purpose of education?  

Some of my thoughts on that.... I believe that my job as an educator is to inspire students to be curious, passionate, and life-long learners.  Education is more than just preparing students for the workforce.  Educators share the simple yet sacred joy of learning.   See also, My Education Philosophy page

Related Links and Information

Is Human Progress Real or An Illusion?

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The Big History Project

UN High-Level Political Forum Side Event:

ICT-Integrated Innovative Education for Global Citizenship to Eliminate Poverty

Wikipedia Event Header

Announcing the Web We Want

"Millions of people together have made the Web great. So, during the Web’s 25th birthday year in 2014, millions of people can secure the Web’s future. We mu

Wikiconference North America

I’m going to be going on a trip!  Very excited about my upcoming trip to Ohio this week to the Wikipedia North America conference.  This is the first trip that I’ll be taking in quite a while, I’m a little nervous but also very much looking forward to it!

I just finished putting together my notes page that I’ll be using for the sessions. I’ll also be posting during the trip on my IG page and tweeting as well.  So stay tuned!

3/14  Pi Day, School Walkout, Stephen Hawking, and more

A lot happening today!  I just wanted to post a couple of updates and thoughts...  

Before I had breakfast this morning I heard the word that Stephen Hawking had passed away.  What an amazing human being, such an incredible loss for the world.  And what an amazing coincidence for him to die on Einstein’s birthday...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Taught Us a Lot About How to Live (NYT)

Stephen Hawking Dies at 76; His Mind Roamed the Cosmos (NYT Obituary)

Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76 (BBC)

This is the most dangerous time for our planet (Stephen Hawking 12/16)

Stephen Hawking Was Right To Worry About Our Impending Doom (io9)

Stephen Hawking’s most mind-blowing discovery: black holes can shrink:   Hawking radiation, explained by a physicist. (Vox)

Stephen Hawking’s 5 best and nerdiest pop culture cameos:  When Hawking wasn’t changing the world, he played himself on TV. He was hilarious. (Vox)

Pi Day

I always look forward to Pi Day...  friends usually send me Pi Day pictures and animated gifs...  I wore my new Pi shirt to PT today and I’ve finally updated my Pi Page :)  You can also check out my new Flickr post on Pi Day...

School Walkout

These two photos from the 17 photos from today's National School Walkout for gun control that should terrify the NRA are my favorite:

#NationalWalkoutDay on Twitter

Previous post on tumblr about gun violence