Tag: Culture

Five Lies Our Culture Tells

The cultural roots of our political problems. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/cultural-revolution-meritocracy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

Why Notre Dame matters, in one Victor Hugo passage

What Victor Hugo wrote to save Notre Dame when it was on the brink of destruction. Notre Dame is on fire, and its spire has fallen. As of Monday afternoon, we don’t know for sure how the fire began or how extensive the damage is, but the world has responded to the news with an… Continue reading Why Notre Dame matters, in one Victor Hugo passage

Cultured Creatures: Odd and Amazing Animal Behavior is Shifting Our Views on Culture

Many pet owners will tell you that their animal friends exhibit behavior that reminds them of things that only people are supposed to do. Ask any dog owner, and they may tell you their dog can “smile,” while owners of parakeets and other birds will tell you similar things about the ways their avian accomplices… Continue reading Cultured Creatures: Odd and Amazing Animal Behavior is Shifting Our Views on Culture

American Idiocracy: 50 Years Later, We’re Still Stranded in the Twilight Zone

John W. Whitehead, Guest Waking Times “We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won’t be able to think.”—Rod Serling Have you noticed how much life increasingly feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone? Only instead of Rod Serling’s imaginary “land of both shadow and substance, of things… Continue reading American Idiocracy: 50 Years Later, We’re Still Stranded in the Twilight Zone

Two Big Ways Our World Resembles “1984”

Jon Miltimore, FEE Waking Times When I took 1984 with me on vacation recently, I didn’t expect to read it. Unlike the two other books with me—Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life and Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist—I had already read Orwell’s classic work. Or had I? It had been at least 25 years. Most of what I remembered seemed… Continue reading Two Big Ways Our World Resembles “1984”

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped by Russiagate

Caitlin Johnstone, Contributor Waking Times “Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy”, read the front page headline of Sunday’s New York Times. Bit by bit, mainstream American consciousness is slowly coming to terms with the death of the thrilling conspiracy theory that the highest levels of the US government had been infiltrated by the Kremlin, and with the stark reality that… Continue reading The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped by Russiagate

Behind the Scenes at edX

In the second part of our edX Insider series, we’re heading over to the engineering team to chat with a software engineer. We’re talking with Brittney, a Senior Software Engineer on our Business Engineering Team. A Colorado native, Brittney is a problem solver who is passionate about how edX uses technology for social good. Q: What do you think makes…