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  • 997: Ur Kerman Samarra Isfahan Babilonia Iazd Gerico Ninive Mari Ettore Sottsass’ Antiche Ceramiche 1989 A series of 13 ceramics, in 1989 for his friend Alessio Sarri, a master ceramicist with whom he had worked with previously. Named after ancient cities and mythic empires, these bright and seductive works reference unknown, mysterious architectures. At the same…

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  • In other words: technology’s not the problem. It’s the context. Just ask Plato about writing, or Gutenburg about books, or Dante about Italian, or painters about photography, or record company executives about sampling … The Liberal Arts Are Dead — The Synapse — Medium

  • By denying students the use of technology in the classroom, we send the message that technology is a distraction from real learning. I find this perspective increasingly untenable. Gerald R. Lucas, The Liberal Arts Are Dead — The Synapse — Medium

  • This system creates students, first, then functionaries upon graduation that learn the “official angle” and cannot operate without the hierarchy of control. Imagination and creativity only get in the way of the obedience necessary to function successfully in those bureaucracies. The problem is, Sterling observed in 2000, that the stable roles (jobs) this system used…

  • My Teacher Leader Manifesto

    My Teacher Leader Manifesto gjmueller: My Teacher Leader Manifesto Teacher is the pinnacle title of civilization because teaching is society’s foundational activity. However, in American education today there is a nation-wide teacher shortage, a randomly selected teacher is statistically likely to be in his or her first year in the classroom, and veteran teachers discourage…

  • ucresearch: UC Berkeley unveils first-of-its-kind, 3-D-printed cement structure The freestanding pavilion, “Bloom,” is 9 ft high and has a footprint that measures about 12 ft x 12 ft. It is composed of 840 customized blocks that were 3-D-printed using a new type of iron oxide-free Portland cement polymer formulation developed by Ronald Rael. The debut…

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