We Were Mostly Wrong: Looking back at 25 years on the web
Martin Veitch, IDG Connect, 2016/08/25
My father was what they call a telephone pioneer and I guess I'm an internet pioneer. I wrote my first computer program in 1979 and was working for Texas Instruments by 1980. By 1991 I was studying for a PhD I would never get, playing in an internet multi-user dungeon (MUD), teaching critical thinking by telephone for Athabasca University, and playing with a thing called the Maximus BBS. More...
How Twitter Got Angry
How Twitter Got Angry
Kevin Marks, Fast Company, 2016/08/25
This is a surprisingly insightful article on the dynamics of Twitter abuse (surprising because the title and lede are so very very bad). More...
Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Person
Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Person
Dan Colman, Open Culture, 2016/08/24
"Humboldt," Chomsky says, "argued, I think, very plausibly, that the core principle and requirement of a fulfilled human being is the ability to inquire and create constructively, independently, without external controls." That sounds about right to me, and is certainly the sort of education I aspire to. More...
Marges de l’emploi et protection sociale - Revue Travail et Emploi, n° 149, janvier-mars 2017
Vous pouvez consulter l’intégralité du numéro 149 sur Cairn si votre institution dispose d’un abonnement. L’introduction au numéro de même que les notes de lecture, non mentionnées ici, y sont en libre accès.
Drunk and Vomiting? Don't Try a Backpack
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Health experts are criticizing a new trend in college drinking -- “Jansporting,” where students try to force a drinker to sit upright to avoid choking on vomit. More...
Free Speech Tour Halted at American University
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A nationwide “free speech” tour of colleges was starting its circuit at American University on Thursday – but the event needed to happen off campus. The organizers blame the institution, which said that a facility was never properly booked. Spiked, a British magazine that writes about contemporary issues from a libertarian perspective, was due to launch its “Unsafe Space” college tour at American, with the discussion on Thursday involving Title IX, feminism and censorship on campuses. More...
‘Death’ for Louisville Basketball?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Former NCAA investigators and other experts aren’t sure whether the association might shut down the men’s basketball program, currently caught up in a federal probe, which could “destroy” it. More...
Free Speech Advocate Silenced
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. An ACLU official was the latest to be blocked from speaking on campus, this time by William & Mary students affiliated with Black Lives Matter. The college condemns the action, but punishment, if any, is unclear. More...
Outsourcing Rape Investigations
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Some colleges hire outside parties to look into and judge sexual assault cases, a move meant to ensure fairness in the process. More...
Suicide Victims as Art Subjects
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Pennsylvania student’s project has been criticized for capitalizing on the campus’s grief. More...