philosophy
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Video Games & Violence, Yet Again
A breakdown of the latest study of violence and video games.
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Creating With The Machines
"The future of economic value will not reside in work as we now know it (...), but in our ability to connect with communities of people that share our purpose."
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Mindfulness: Observing Without Questioning
"An unfortunate aspect of our mental life is how unscientific it is. When we have an intuition – an idea about how the world works and how we behave in it – we act like the amateur scientist; we don’t investigate opposing ideas but automatically seek out confirming evidence. We’re elaborate story weavers (...)"
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How To Unlock Creativity
Creativity comes from combining ordinary things in extraordinary ways.
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5 Principles of Creativity
"Creative geniuses tend to be less the ones with the quickest answers and more the ones who keep working till they get it right."
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Learn This Technique To Become More Productive
Is productivity more important than happiness?
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Creativity War
There is a minor war raging among creativity professionals. On one side, we have the creative problem-solving enthusiasts – the pro-brainstormers – and on the other side, we have the anti-brainstormers.
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How Academia Betrayed and Continues to Betray Aaron Swartz
We need to enshrine the principle that the knowledge produced in the academy is a public good whose value is greatly diminished by turning it into private property.
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Five New Lessons From Salman Khan On Reinventing Education
A conversation with Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, on the future of education.
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MOOCs
A look at Massively Open Online Classes as replacements for traditional education.
