Google and memorization (2)
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Here’s Google CEO Schmidt, in response to a question about whether Google is “dumbing down” kids: Kids use [Google] all the time because it’s a new way of learning. When I was growing up, in Virginia, they made me memorize the names of all the capitals of every county in the state. Completely useless information. So kids today are going from knowing everything to being able to search very quickly. The kids need to learn ...
Brawndo: From Satire to Reality (5)
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Brawndo. A fake sports drink brand in a satirical movie (Idiocracy) becomes real, and now it’s a real brand but it’s still satirical, and it seems to be satirizing a RabidMacho kind of sensibility, and people who drink it must be mocking that sensibility, right?, except that RabidMacho people will almost certainly love the brand too, so ultimately, no one is distinguishing themselves from anyone else, and what’s the point? Well, the point is the ...
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Carl Fyffe said:
If you haven't seen Idiocracy... you are missing out.
Lords of Memory (2)
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The UK Open Memory Championships will be held next weekend in London. From the Times Online story: To put it into perspective: on average most of us can recall between five and nine numbers in a row. The eight-times world memory champion Dominic O’Brien, 50, can remember the order of 54 randomly shuffled decks of playing cards - an astounding 2,808 cards. Most amazing of all, several of the participants claim they’re not savants, they ...
Well-intentioned brutality (1)
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I have mixed feelings about this series of spots from the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board in Ontario. (And if the “Safety & Insurance Board” sounds boring, well, you’re in for a surprise.) The spots show regular workers — a sous chef, a forklift driver, a welder — who suffer rather dramatic and painful calamities due to improper conditions at their workplaces. Positive spin: The topic of “workplace safety” puts us to sleep. It sounds ...
Deconstructing The Girl Effect (7)
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[Via a friend at McKinney] If you want some practice at making ideas stickier, I have a great case study for you. Rope aside 30 minutes and follow along with the process below. It concerns the work of a group called The Girl Effect. Here’s the game plan: 1. Start here. It’s a pdf document with statistics demonstrating the value of investing in girls in the developing world. (For example: “When women and girls earn ...
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Lorenzo said:
How to make an idea stick.
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chrisbrogan.com said:
The Heath boys as bloggers are even better than their book. Is that even possible?
A Girl Like Me (2)
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I recently did a workshop with a group that’s working to remind people that racism still exists in America and must be actively fought. They pointed out that many people have, in a sense, declared victory on race — after all, haven’t the racist elements of the law been expunged? Haven’t most of the overtly cruel acts of racism stopped? Don’t we have a frontrunner for President who is black? Yes to all, but as ...
