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Used Bookstores Experiencing a Revival 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Think Amazon is taking over the world? Think again, says Mike Rosenwald in a recent article for The Washington Post. According to Rosenwald, used book stores are experiencing a revival largely due to cheap prices and a desire for hard, material copies rather than digital books. Such news should not be a surprise, particularly as
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5 Crucially Important Reminders about Technology 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
When discussing technology, people too often fall into the habit of either uncritically praising it or unconditionally condemning it. There is a critical need for greater nuance in the dialogue about technology. Author and scholar Neil Postman can perhaps help with this nuance. He spent thirty years studying the history of technological change. Among the
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Teenagers: They can achieve so much more 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Without a doubt, if you’re a regular follower of Intellectual Takeout, you’ve probably noticed our critiques of the modern education system. For some, any critique of the education system means we must be “anti-education”. Here’s a bit of reality: One can be for “education” while also being thoroughly disappointed in the current “education system”. One
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Why does evil triumph?0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
There’s a popular, internet quote attributed to Edmund Burke that you’ll see people of all political stripes use with some frequency: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” While the sentiment may be somewhat true, the attribution of the quote is not. Nonetheless, it’s a worthy point
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Wow! This College’s Curriculum is VERY Impressive!0
- Education
- December 28, 2015
If you’re going to focus on the liberal arts in college, you might as well do it right. St. John’s College in Annapolis and Santa Fe is one of those places where you can “do it right.” They offer a program that “immerses students in reading great books and in lively and unmediated conversation with
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10 Quotes from the Education System’s Most Infamous Critic 1
- Education
- December 28, 2015
John Taylor Gatto is one of the biggest critics of the modern education system. He’s also someone who knows it intimately, having been a public school teacher in New York City for 26 years. In 1991, after receiving the New York State Teacher of the Year award, Gatto penned a famous letter for the Wall
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