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I had more appreciation for the complexity of the human organism after reading this NYTimes article about our microbiome: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13micro.html?_r=…

Our K-12 system was modeled on the system the King of Prussia used to produce compliant citizens, efficient workers, and obedient soldiers starting in the late 1700's, using the fa…

Can't remove batteries from iPhones. It's part of the conspiracy!

> The question we need to ask about education: > What are we trying to produce? K-12 education as we know it today was first mandated/implemented by the King of Prussia in the 1860…

Thank you for mentioning Stephenson. I haven't read him other than Snow Crash, and I don't think I finished it. Googling Anathem brought me to this blog review of it: http://neopyt…