From the Web College is for Socializing – Ben does a great job summarizing my number one reason for going to college: meeting people. I’ve found the knowledge that can be acquired in University is decent, but fairly inefficient compared with reading books and practicing in the real world. But the opportunities to work on […]
Help With New Holistic Learning Book
I need your help. I just spent a few hours today planning out a new Holistic Learning book which I hope to release in Spring of 2008. The book should expand the holistic learning concept that I originally introduced here and produced a free e-book about. Among other things, here’s what the book should do […]
Friday Links 07-10-26
From the Web Explaining is Difficult – Eliezer Yudkowsky has another great post over at Overcoming Bias. This one is about how we constantly underestimate the effort required to properly explain something. This sent off bells in my head as I strive to, but don’t always hit the mark in explaining, myself. Journey Inside the […]
Save the World and Improve Your Life at the Same Time
Helping the environment and helping yourself don’t have to be in conflict. Although I wouldn’t consider myself to be much of a tree-hugger, I actually do a lot of the things environmentalists recommend for a sustainable future. I’d like to list a few of those things and others you can do to save the world […]
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