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Rhett Ferrin

PBS: New Heroes: Dr.V and David Green - Eye Surgery India 02/02 - Desi Video Network - 0 views

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      I really like this story and the concept of sustainable business. Check out my blog for more imrhettferrin.blogspot.com
Gideon Burton

The digital age an age of stagnation? - 2 views

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    When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?
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    Fascinating article. Thanks for sharing this, Dr. Burton. Do you think it's because internet technologies are mainly looked at as entertainment sources and not utilized as educational, academic, and research empowering tools? Is there something about the facility of information that hampers one's creativity, kind of like the cat and mouse game of dating that heightens one's mojo? Or could it possibly just be the result of a nation that has become exhausted with the competitive level necessary to transform this into what it may become? Or finally, do you think it's just a matter of time like the economic historian, Paul David said?
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    I do think it is a matter of time. People fall into ruts, even with revolutionary technologies. But enough is happening to keep this sphere innovating on the large scale even if it appears same-old in the short term. Nice to hear from you, Sean.
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    Very interesting! Nice to hear from you too, Dr. Burton.
Ariel Szuch

Academic Evolution: Dear Students: Don't Let College Unplug Your Future - 1 views

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    An excellent, must-read post by our very own Dr. Burton.
Jake Corkin

Economic ideas regarding internet and other "free" things - 4 views

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    Recommended to me by dr. burton. "turns many conventional economic ideas upside down". this should be good.
Kristi Koerner

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman., by Laurence Sterne - 0 views

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    The book mentioned by Dr. Burton on Tuesday.
margaret_weddle

Book Review vs Book Report - 1 views

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    Dr Burton said that we should NOT do a Book Report, but a Book Review is fine - um... what's the difference?! Here is a good overview of the differences.
margaret_weddle

JSTOR: The Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), pp. 22-26 - 0 views

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    A Brief history of Logarithms, as talked about by Dr. Zapata in class today
Madeline Rupard

What Evolution Is Google Ebook - 0 views

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    Although this is limited in page views, it has a great introduction. I read this book for my colloquium Honors Biology class with Dr. Evans. Our whole them revolved around evolution and this book was very logical and concise. An excellent read.
Andrew DeWitt

BYU Devotional: The Most Important Three Things in the World - Brett G. Scharffs - 0 views

  • Dr. Haught introduced theologian Paul Ricoeur’s concept of the three stages of religious faith
  • The first stage, childlike faith, may be likened to the clear, unimpeded view that one enjoys standing atop a tall mountain.7 As children, our faith is simple and uncritical, and we can see clearly in every direction.
  • The second stage Ricoeur calls the desert of criticism. At some point, often during adolescence, we descend from the mountain of childlike faith and enter the critical world. We might label this world “high school” or, better yet, “college.” Here we find that others do not share our faith. In fact, some openly disparage what we hold dear. We learn that the very idea of faith is thought by many to be childish or delusional. We may become skeptical, perhaps even cynical.
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  • The desert of criticism is akin to being in the midst of a blinding sandstorm, where you are forced to lean into the wind and take one step at a time without a clear view of where you are going. Walking by faith becomes difficult. Some of our former beliefs cannot survive the desert of criticism.
  • Ricoeur did not malign the desert of criticism, for some childish beliefs are incorrect and should be abandoned
  • Furthermore, it is only in coming down from the mountain that we are able to enter into the world and engage others who are different from us. To a great extent this is where life is lived and where we can make a difference in the world. Some people never leave the desert of criticism, and in time the memory of their childlike faith may dim. After prolonged exposure to the desert of criticism, some even lose their faith altogether. Ricoeur maintained that once one has entered the desert of criticism, it is not possible to return to the mountain of childlike faith. It is a little like leaving Eden. Something has been lost; life and faith can never be quite so simple again
  • But he held out the possibility of a third stage of religious faith. On the other side of the desert of criticism lies another mountain, not as tall as the mountain of childlike faith, with views that are not quite as clear and unobstructed. But we can, as Dr. Haught explained it, remove ourselves periodically from the desert of criticism and ascend this somewhat less majestic mountain. Ricoeur calls this possibility of a second faith “postcritical” naveté or a “second naveté.”
  • Here the truths and realities of our childlike faith can be reaffirmed or revised
  • Our faith will not be as simple as it once was, but it need not be lost. In fact, I believe our faith may become more powerful than before, for it will have weathered and survived the assaults of the desert of criticism.
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    My favorite part of this talk is his description of the three stages of faith which I have highlighted.
Brian Earley

FutureQuake Online - 0 views

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    Dr. Future interviews famous people, including Alvin Toffler.  Check "past shows" and you'll find a library of 5 years of AM recordings.
Kevin Watson

Let Dialogue begin | openDemocracy - 0 views

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      Spot on! Technology really is changing the world, and the sharing of ideas all over it.
  • Globalization has shaped our era. Technology has minimized distances; ideas, values and news cross borders quicker than ever before. New definitions and complex debates over our identities as international and national citizens have arisen as a result. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. puts it: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Katherine Chipman

Chat with Us | Mormon.org - 0 views

shared by Katherine Chipman on 21 Oct 10 - No Cached
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    What an amazing tool for the missionaries and for people with questions about the church! (I think this is what Dr. Burton said we are going to use in class tomorrow).
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