From the “Friends and Relatives of the Department” Files… The ways that states regulate professions is a topic of sociological interest. The degree to which
Author: Dan Ryan
I've been an Academic Program Director at MinervaProject.com, a professor at University of Toronto, University of Southern California, and Mills College teaching things like human centered design, computational thinking, modeling for policy sciences, and social theory. My current mission is to figure out how to reorganize higher education and exploit technology so that we can teach twice as many twice as well twice as easily.
Technologically Induced Social Alzheimers
David Pogue has a nice little piece called “Why We Make Home Videos” on the NYT website. It’s basically a personal tale in defense of
Three Kinds of Information Sensitivity
OK, a naive meditation on three modes of paying attention to the world. Pretend you are a politician, perhaps a senator or member of congress.
The Liberal Arts and Time’s Arrow
“Liberal Arts Education” as a concept is unfortunately dominated by its own legacy. When most of us think about the liberal arts our thoughts tend
New Digital News Outlet from KALW
This week KALW is launching its new local digital magazine to complement their broadcast work. The new site has a way for community leaders to
Great Info Blog and Interesting Sounding Conference (NY Feb)
Check out Graham Webster’s excellent blog for some insightful essays on topics not unrelated to those I’m writing about here. It’s called:infopolitics/ While reading through
Innoeduvation 