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10 Quotes from the Most Popular TED Talk EVER 0
- Education
- October 30, 2015
Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 talk entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” remains the most popular TED talk ever. That should tell us something about the public’s desire to transform today’s education system. Here are 10 thought-provoking quotes from it: 1. “If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring
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The Road to Serfdom: 15 Quotes 0
- Economics
- October 30, 2015
F.A. Hayek published The Road to Serfdom in 1944 as a response to the Russian communists and the German and Italian fascists of the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s, as well as to those in other parts of the West that might be tempted by the allure of a society based on total security or
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Russell Brand: Porn is Bad 0
- Culture
- October 30, 2015
According to Russell Brand, porn today must be “dizzying and exciting but corrupting in a way that we can’t even think about” for a young man. We’re a bit shocked that such a statement would come from the actor given some of his acting roles. Brand goes on to say why he doesn’t think it’s
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Intellectuals Didn’t Oppose Nazism Because It Was ‘Tedious’0
- History
- October 29, 2015
There are times when men shirk from opposing grievous error because it’s dangerous, or inconvenient, or they are temporarily blinded by it. And sometimes, it’s because it’s so damn boring. This lesson was forcefully brought home to me in an article Carl Trueman wrote for First Things last year entitled “Persistent Defiance.” In
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China Will Now Allow Couples to Have a Whopping Two Kids 0
- Politics
- October 29, 2015
The all-beneficent People’s Republic of China is lifting its infamous one-child policy in favor of a two-child policy. As you can guess, the reason is largely due to the aging population of China. The Washington Post reports: “The nation’s fertility rate — 1.4 children per woman — is far below that of the United States and many
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13 Quotes from John Dewey You Can Probably Agree With 0
- Education
- October 29, 2015
1. “Familiarity breeds contempt, but it also breeds something like affection. We get used to the chains we wear, and we miss them when removed.” 2. “The quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth.” 3. “The source of whatever is dead, mechanical, and formal
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