Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
We often raise issues of justice and equity not to advance meaningful social causes but to generate positive attention for ourselves by denigrating others. Sometimes this involves piling on—joining a Greek chorus of reproachful replies without contributing anything new—or exaggerating one’s moral outrage for dramatic value. In doing so, we dilute the impact of critical ethical issues and foreclose the possibility of productive public discourse. The goal is not to understand but to win.
Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way
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There have been 95 college mergers in the past four years, 21% more than in the previous 18 years, per The Wall Street Journal.
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Want to Value Every Student? Stop Pretending Schools Don't Pick Winners and Losers (Opinion)
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Though food security levels have been dwindling for decades, recent crises have exacerbated the decline.
Scientists Say We Could Feed 1 Billion More People With One Change to the Global Food System
How to be More Productive and Eliminate Time Wasting Activities by Using the “Eisenhower Box”
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One of the most important aspects of these workbooks is the remarkable sense of process they provide—not only are the projects they’re concerned with in process, the books themselves are process, and as such unworked. This contrasts with the completed works, as well as with the name that underwrites them. In order to create something, Bergman had... See more