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Big Picture People
Big Picture People (BPPers) make great authors. They are able to explain things in a way that make sense often tying together things we know and things we don’t to offer clarity on topics we want to understand. Yuval Harari … Continue reading
Block cookies and compensate creators
The Brave browser offers a solution to two important interrelated Internet problems – how to block the setting of cookies that collect personal information and how to compensate content creators and online services when the ads they use to generate … Continue reading
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Laptops seem to work fine for taking lecture notes
Studies that show reading from a device and taking notes using a device have been quite influential among educators wanting learners to rely on traditional written materials and traditional handwritten notes. I have always wondered if these studies would replicate … Continue reading
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Free speech
The events of the week have been troubling and raise serious questions about the effectiveness of our government and some of those in political offices. For me, an interesting side issue stemming from the complaints of politicians regarding actions taken … Continue reading
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eSports
As a nongamer, I am trying to learn about eSports programs associated with K12 schools and colleges. Aside from reading which is my traditional way of learning something new, I have the following suggestion for others in my situation. If … Continue reading
No simple solution for complex problems
There is a trend I often see recently. Problems I think about (e.g., Section 230, social media, surveillance capitalism) defy simple solutions yet this is what too many seem to propose. Here is an example. Google proposes that it is … Continue reading
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