Through the Hoops

 

Find Something Beautiful Today

[Photo by Peggy Sue Zinn at Unsplash]

The Strife of Ideas

We know, however dimly, that once in the past the strife of ideas brought us civil war, and it is not comfortable to reflect on what it might bring us in the future in the form of "culture wars."

But then, the strife of ideas also brought us Abraham Lincoln.

- Allen C. Guelzo

Dialogue

 Nicholas Bate gives a writing tip.

Generational Fleece

 

It's More Important to Do Right Than Be Right

 Wally Bock: Hey bosses, don't make it a contest!

Brain Science: From Bench to Battlefield

 

Social Media and Collective Destruction

Social media is good for collective sharing, but not always so great for collective building; good for collective destruction, but maybe not so good for collective construction; fantastic for generating a flash mob, but not so good at generating a flash consensus on a party platform or constitution.

- Thomas L. Friedman, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

To Be Read Every Five Years: A Series

 

Time For Another Viewing