Truth is neither absolute nor timeless. But the pursuit of truth remains at the heart of the scientific endeavour But philosophers of science, over the past half-century, have turned against […]
Progressivism – RSA Journal
Forward thinking: Rather than marching ahead, assuming that progress is linear and that others are following, we must stop to make the case for change When the RSA was founded in […]
Why the Ivy League could end up like the big 3 carmakers: utterly disrupted
Schools choose what students can study and motivate by authority. Whatever content they teach, behaviorally they teach compliance. Knowledge, analysis, and compliance were valuable generations ago, in the age of the knowledge worker, not […]
Alien Knowledge – When Machines Justify Knowledge
The infusion of AI (alien intelligence) is bringing into question the assumptions embedded in our long Western tradition. We thought knowledge was about finding the order hidden in the chaos. […]
We Need a GitHub for Academic Research
Down with the static, old-fashioned scholarly paper. Communicating the results of scientific studies remains rooted in printing presses and elegant typography. One striking exception to this pattern is the way […]