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Victoria Grant (by Marc Armstrong)
12-year old Victoria Grant explains why her homeland, Canada, and the rest of the world, is in debt at the 2012 Public Banking in America Conference.
Her sweet voice and age makes it all the more harrowing.
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swissmiss | The Ten Commandments of Teaching
1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
Russell is my homeboy.
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Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 - Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune wrote a great obituary for Facts. A moment of silence, please.
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If I was really smart,
I would be an idiot. As an idiot, there are no lofty expectations to meet, no chances of disappointment. “Let’s leave the idiot alone,” they’ll say, “she doesn’t know much.” I would relish in the solitude. No questions to distract me and plenty of uninterrupted time to continue learning. But if I grow tired of it, I’ll bide my time until poetry and philosophy erupts from my mouth.
“Hm, the idiot said some interesting things today,” they’ll say.
But before they get used to it, I’ll grumble and mumble senseless things, so that wonderful idiocy can be restored again
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"Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women living in a man’s world, discounted because it goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality trait, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform."
- Susan Cain in Quiet, one of 7 great books by TED 2012 speakers. (via curiositycounts)(via curiositycounts)
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Critical thinking Part 4: Getting Personal (by techNyouvids)
I LOVE THIS. Logic and critical thinking for kids and adults presented simply and beautifully in a Saul Bass-esque way. There’s 6 parts in all, each one presenting basic logic principles in a very digestible way.
Created by Austrailia-based Bridge8 with animator James Hutson (those crafty Aussies!). Found via Brain Pickings.
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Indexed - PUBLISHED WEEKDAY MORNINGS AS THE COFFEE BREWS
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” — Marie Curie
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"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
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"A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation. Wine can be a wiser teacher than ink, and banter better than books."
- Stephen Fry (via thatkindofwoman)(Source: probablyinmypants, via thatkindofwoman)
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RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms (by theRSAorg)
Fascinating lecture by Sir Ken Robinson, recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award. Can we stop anesthetizing our students and wake them up with knowledge?
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"People have these ideas that if you’re academic and you love knowledge and books and reading that you’ve got to be frumpy and serious. On the contrary, if you’re sociable and like to dress up, people think there is no way that you’re going to wake up in the morning and write brilliant things. Fuck those categories, I’m going to be what I want to be, and do what I want to do, and I don’t really care whether or not it makes sense to anyone else."
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AJ Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me | Video on TED.com
Hilarious and educational.
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I’ll admit, this made me cry
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