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A MOOC mega-man pulls back on the promise of online education
FastCompany offered a great long-read article a couple weeks ago about Sebastian Thrun, the Standford professor & Google geek who got so famous a few years ago by offering Standford-level coursework like Computer Science, Machine Learning, and Introduction to AI to anyone on the Internet who wanted to take it. The whole article is here…
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Staying Power by Jeanne Murray Walker : Poetry Magazine
Staying Power BY JEANNE MURRAY WALKER In appreciation of Maxim Gorky at the International Convention of Atheists, 1929 Like Gorky, I sometimes follow my doubts outside to the yard and question the sky, longing to have the fight settled, thinking I can’t go on like this, and finally I say all right, it is improbable, all…
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Uh, so I’m pretty much bawling over here.
To Feel Like a Kid Again. ^ That. That post. Nails it. Jack has been a dear friend of ours for quite a while now. I think his post about the death of his father manages to capture the empty feeling that lingers on through your life once a parent is gone. And it’s also…
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Link: How to Raise a Pagan Kid in a Christian Home — I.N.F.O. For Families
How to Raise a Pagan Kid in a Christian Home — I.N.F.O. For Families. To echo the author: we need to stop drinking the dangerous cocktail of the American Dream and Protestant work ethic mixed into the Gospel.
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On Life, Brief yet Abundant
It’s certainly been a thrill ride of emotions these past few days. I’m not sure whether the swirl of thoughts will slow down for me to tame them, or this exercise leaves me chasing the whirlwind. Guess you’ll find out along with me (if you’re willing to take the ride). Our live are short. Ecclesiastes…
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