by Daniel | Feb 9, 2017 | Democracy, Education, Teaching
Joseph Bailey’s comment on my last post included this thought: Is a representative democracy viable in a complex system where the neurology of people can’t keep pace with the level of changes being forced upon them? This question gets at a core struggle for our...
by Daniel | Jan 26, 2017 | Democracy, Education, Education Policy, Teen coping skills
Earlier this week I was at a luncheon and found myself sitting near some folks I did not know. As often happens these days, the topic of our new federal government came up in our discussion. One of the people at the table, a Canadian, asked me to try and explain what...
by Daniel | Jan 10, 2017 | Education, Parenting, Technology, Working with youth
We have reached a worrisome place in our relationship with technology. We have – without conscious intent – tied our lives together with tiny computers that we carry everywhere we go. Today’s gizmos are so capable that it is easier to list what they DON’T do than it...
by Daniel | Dec 31, 2016 | Art, Perception
Why should a medical school student – immersed in the incredibly demanding study of anatomy and physiology, of the uncounted pathologies and illnesses of the human body, and of the treatments and medicines and side effects involved in addressing those issues – take an...
by Daniel | Dec 16, 2016 | Nature, Parenting, Perception
Much of our understanding of the world comes from visual input. Every book we read, every movie we watch, every play and every painting is primarily rendered to our brains through our eyes. But what about what we do not see? We sense the vastness and complexity around...
