For the last year, I’ve been saying — mostly to deaf ears — that arts education needs to be fundamental part of preparing our kids for the 21st century. Now comes a Guggenheim study that offers some empirical support for my bleatings. New York City has a program Learning Through Art that sends artists into […]
Lots of AWNM sitings in the blogosphere. I’ll spare you the full list and instead point you to two interesting ones: 1. I did a short Q & A with my old pal Jeff De Cagna over at Principled Innovation. 2. William Hurley talks up the need for IT workers to embrace a whole new
Niraj Patel, a medical student at Baylor, has a very thoughtful post on what increased computing power might mean for physicians.
Ze Frank makes fun of ugly MySpace pages in this short video rant, but then uses it to offer some very perceptive thoughts on the evolution of design and the democratization of authorship tools. (HT: Chip Patton.)
If you’re interested in the laughter clubs I write about in Chapter 8 of AWNM, check out this video, which includes an interview with neuroimmunologist Lee Berk. (UPDATE: You’ll need to forward to Page 5 to see the interview with Dr. Berk.)
Great piece by Michael McDonough reprinted in Design Observer. (HT: Steve Epstein)
My latest Wired piece describes the work of David Galenson (right), the most interesting economist you’ve never heard of. For the last decade, Galenson has used the tools of economics to try to reverse engineer ingenuity, to establish a universal field theory of creativity. He maintains that creative minds come in two forms: bold, quick,
Lots of great coverage of the AWNM meme in recent days: — In the Baltimore Sun, Michael Scott has an excellent piece about Maryland colleges and universities that are challenging the notion that “the health of our economy depends on educating a new cadre of technocrats.” — In the San Francisco Chronicle, USC provost C.
Here are three novels that I’ve read recently and that I heartily recommend: 1. The Futurist (James P. Othmer) Yates is a business guru who travels the world preaching his futuristic gospel. One night — triggered by a romantic breakup and fueled by the contents of his hotel mini-bar — he has a dark night
