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The Moon’s tiny art gallery
jkottke: There’s art on the Moon, a small sculpture called Fallen Astronaut. Artist Paul van Hoeydonck made it. Commander David Scott of Apollo 15 placed it on the Moon in 1971. Instead of a triumph, the whole thing fell into scandal and was forgotten. In reality, van Hoeydonck’s lunar sculpture, called Fallen Astronaut, inspired not…
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But the most compelling reason why MOOCs fall short was this: “One thing that Coursera doesn’t do well is teach non-cognitive skills,” Ng said. “There are studies that suggest that 80 percent of your income are due to non-cognitive skills: teamwork, ethics, the ability to regulate anxiety. It’s an open question whether Coursera can develop…
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Why Apples Don’t Grow on Trees — Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Why Apples Don’t Grow on Trees — Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers When Jobs returned to Apple as CEO in 1997, design head Robert Brunner had recently resigned, and his deputy Jonathan Ive was thinking of leaving, too. Mr. Ive decided to stick around, though, and he and his team proceeded to craft some of the…
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Today In Latin American History
fylatinamericanhistory: December 17 1790: The Aztec Sun Stone is excavated in Mexico City. 1819: Simón Bolívar proclaims the foundation of the Republic of Colombia, now known as Gran Colombia, a state which went on to encompass present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama, as well as parts of Brazil, Guyana, and Peru. 1830: South American revolutionary…
