Multi Disciplinary Perspectives on Society
The Materialist Fallacy – David Brooks
Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010 Charles Murray
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The Materialist Fallacy – David Brooks
Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010 Charles Murray
A neat night out I wonder what is on offer in the bars of Vancouver?
Andrew Revkin “You can learn more about my approach in a “Research Chat” I did with John Wihbey for Journalist’s Resource, a project of Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. My post on “Reliable Sources in an Age of Too Much Information” may also be helpful.
“…I’m a self-described selfish blogger. I use my posts to learn, to test my preconceptions, to be inspired by fresh views I would never encounter without the marvel of Web connectedness.”
As usual Tom Friedman’s ideas stimulate thought and diverse reactions – reading the comments on this article illustrate so very well how others see the past, present and future so very differently depending on their circumstances, experiences, values, ideology, worldview etc. What should a progressive sustainability planner do?
Mathematics plus people leadership skills, a very powerful combination
& Are planning theorists and practitioners seeing each other in the same ways theoretical and experimental physicists are coming to perceive one another in the Multiverse? The Accidental Universe: Science’s Crisis of Faith
It would be interesting to take a similarly irreverent look at the agendas for many planning conferences.
Now that I am retired, I am much more free to read what I like, whenever I want to. So I am interested in more easily locating the good reads that are free or near-free on the web.
Courtesy of David Brooks column in today’s NYT I have stumbled across 3 great reading resources that include each of the sites I already visit on a daily or periodic basis and many, many more:
NYT article and note it is going to make the software available. What is happening at UBC?
Planetizen Courses available through App for iPhone and iPad