Among most of the education-related communities I’ve found there’s a general lack of critical perspectives. Many teachers seem to use communities to rant about their working conditions, others to request resources, and others use them to solicit feedback from professionals in the field. All this seems analogous with the design...
For most of us adapting to life’s changes can be extremely difficult. We are, many would claim, creatures of habit – locked in patterns of interaction, value hierarchies, and neurosis. Nevertheless, in spite of our difficulties with adapting to change it’s impossible for us to escape its intrusion. Even if we lived our...
Every action – and inaction – of our lives is political. From the purchases we make, beliefs we act upon, and fears we internalize, we are inescapably political animals. In spite of this unavoidable social reality, various institutions and agencies claim ‘objectivity’ and ‘fairness’ are subverted by...
A great deal of ambiguity, conflict and promise surrounds humanity’s use of energy. Wars are fought over access to sources of energy, freedoms are repressed in order to maintain control over access to energy, and the planet is poisoned while we refuse to renegotiate our addiction to particular forms of energy. Even still, demand for...
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Implausible Transmutations –
“Techniques are available to teach the ‘Three Fold Process’ of separation, purification, and cohobation. As an example, in the plant world, one can extract the alchemical sulphur, which is the essential oil. Then, one can extract from the purified plant, the spirit. This exhibits itself as alcohol. Happily, ‘store bought’ ethyl alcohol will do nicely. Finally, the residue of the plant, the ‘fecal...
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Dead Trees: August 2010 Adoptions +
This month I’m going to switch-up this series just a bit, reflecting my growing submersion in scholarly literature. In addition to adoptions of dead trees, I’m also going to be chronicling the scholarly literature I’ve consumed. Keeping track of the literature in this way, I hope, is going to not only act as a personal archive but also a general provocation for my readership. The world of ideas, analysis, and criticism...
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Khephra is an ex-pat INTJ participating in America's brain drain. Accompanied by his conscientious spouse and intrepid beagle, he explores, teaches and provokes. An avowed radical and advocate of the working class, Khephra considers modern civilization a great tragedy and invites you to join him in actively immanentizing the eschaton.
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