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Jane McGonigal TED talk: Gaming can make a better world
Watch this TED talk on using gaming to “save the world”. I think it’s quite compelling. Maybe the logic falls apart if one thinks about it more than 18 minutes, but I think there is A LOT of truth to...
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Crank the tunes! I gotsta get some work done!
“Eysenck’s hypothesis that introverts have higher cortical arousal than extraverts, and therefore require less stimulation from the environment to achieve their optimum level of arousal is cited and...
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My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me
My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/my-daughters-homework-is-killing-me/309514/?single_page=true What happens when a father, alarmed by his...
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video games vs real life
Some collected quotes on video games and real life. By Ran Prieur and maybe some others… – “I think the reason people like difficulty in games more than in real life, is that games are more densely and...
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In the mood…
“Learn to rush to your laptop and open it up. Open the file without asking yourself if you’re in the mood, without thinking about anything else. Just open the file: and then you’re safe. Once the words...
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What kind of programmer are you?
“If I were in my teens today, Zuck would not be my role model. You know who would be my role model? Banksy!” http://scripting.com/2013/12/31/twitterAsANotepad.html See also:...
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Ergo, Sudbury Valley School
“Children learn to read the way they learn to talk. Reading, like speaking, is a social activity best taught by communities and through relationships. Children learn by watching older people,...
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These recent articles make me think of Sudbury Valley School and I apologize if this has been written about before, but… How Coffee[houses] Caused the Enlightenment — Steven Johnson...
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