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One gets to an age when one realises that certain people you met on life's journey hold significance long after any interaction or connection has passed. This is just a personal acknowledgement of the ten Years that have passed since Prof. Jack Keating died. I briefly became aware of Jack and his work with the VSTA [Victorian Secondary Teachers Association],…
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Resisting our slide in to stupidity... An outstanding discussion worthy of your time and attention. In this episode of the Waking Up podcast from early July this year, Sam Harris talks to biologist David Krakauer about information, complex systems, and the future of humanity. Information, Complexity,Intelligence M cubed Mayhem...
Now, more than ever, Education. So many emotions surround the senseless and barbaric acts that occurred in Paris this week. The tragic loss of life is simply unforgivable. There appears no defence against those secured in their delusional certainty by theocracy. As talk of further conflict escalates, one further example of the collateral [and more subtle] damage is closer to…
The Broadford Secondary College approach to understanding history. Impressive. Students from across the year levels at Broadford Secondary College will be travelling again to England, Belgium and France to study and experience first-hand, the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars 1914-18 and 1939-1945. They have been honoured by an invitation to lay a wreath at the Menin Gate. …
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Australia tops Global Creativity Index Mapping the connection between cities, inequality, and creative economics http://t.co/ZaHzQscksk pic.twitter.com/0Udmiy6Z6S — CityLab (@CityLab) July 9, 2015