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Allison Kipta

"The World Before Darwin" - Lecture 1 of "Origin of... - Eventbrite - 0 views

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shared by Allison Kipta on 09 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Allison Kipta on 09 Jul 09
     
    Wednesday, September 9, at 8pm eastern time, at Harvard University and live via teleconference, Harvard Professor of the History of Science, Everett Mendelsohn, will deliver the inaugural lecture of the 150th anniversary "Origin of Species" lecture series hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project. Sponsors include Citrix Online and Constant Contact. Professor Mendelsohn will speak on "The World Before Darwin" drawing from his popular undergraduate course, "The Darwinian Revolution" and his many decades of experience studying the history of science and the impact of Darwin.
Jeff Johnson

Lets Get Rid of Darwinism (Olivia Judson on Evolution - NY Times) - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 17 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 17 Jul 08
     
    Darwin did more in one lifetime than most of us could hope to accomplish in two.
Ted Sakshaug

Darwin: Who Wants to Live a Million Years?: Science Channel - 6 views

science.discovery.com/...darwin.html

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 20 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 20 Jul 10
     
    Darwin's natural selection game
Daryl Bambic

#E2sday: Dare to Share - A New Culture of Collaboration in the Enterprise | The Future ... - 10 views

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shared by Daryl Bambic on 12 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Daryl Bambic on 12 Mar 11
     
    Darwin said it best: "Those who have learned to collaborate + improvised have most effectively prevailed." http://bit.ly/gx51ML
Sandy Kendell

As 'digital natives' mature, world to have 6 billion mobile connections, 4.7 billion In... - 14 views

www.ibtimes.com/...ensky-scwartz-booz-company.htm

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shared by Sandy Kendell on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Sandy Kendell on 01 Sep 10
     
    How Generacion C - Connect, Communicate, Change - Born in 1990 and After - Now hitting college - Will Shape the World
Ed Webb

Peter Thiel: We're in a Bubble and It's Not the Internet. It's Higher Education. - 4 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 11 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Like the housing bubble, the education bubble is about security and insurance against the future. Both whisper a seductive promise into the ears of worried Americans: Do this and you will be safe. The excesses of both were always excused by a core national belief that no matter what happens in the world, these were the best investments you could make. Housing prices would always go up, and you will always make more money if you are college educated.
  • consumption masquerading as investment
  • The implicit promise is that you work hard to get there, and then you are set for life.  It can lead to an unhealthy sense of entitlement. “It’s what you’ve been told all your life, and it’s how schools rationalize a quarter of a million dollars in debt,”
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  • It’s something about the scarcity and the status. In education your value depends on other people failing. Whenever Darwinism is invoked it’s usually a justification for doing something mean. It’s a way to ignore that people are falling through the cracks, because you pretend that if they could just go to Harvard, they’d be fine. Maybe that’s not true.”
  • he’s not advocating that stopping out of school is for everyone any more than he’s arguing everyone should be an entrepreneur
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