You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility. Existentialist 88% […]

An Open Letter to Google: Concepts for a Google Privacy Initiative: Greetings. Of possible interest: An Open Letter to Google: Concepts for a Google Privacy Initiative Preface: The overall situation relating to U.S. and global privacy issues is deteriorating rapidly. Recent Congressional moves toward legislating broad, government-mandated data retention laws are… ——- this seems like […]

Decline and fall of the Roman myth – Newspaper Edition – Times Online: The Celts’ use of metal even allowed them to invent a harvesting machine. Historians did not believe that it could be true until bas-relief sculptures were discovered that apparently show just such a contraption. It was a sort of comb on wheels […]

Higher Learning in France Clings to Its Old Ways – New York Times: In a speech at the Sorbonne in late April after the labor law was rescinded, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin pledged “a new pact between the university and the French people.” Mr. de Villepin, a graduate of the École Nationale d’Administration, the […]

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Forget the footnotes » Blog Archive » how to run an academic department: This is of course exactly as it should be. Academics must be cats, independent-minded and uncontrollable. They should all go off in their own respective directions looking for adventure or trouble. This is why they are academics rather than, say, accountants. Or […]

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FrederickLane.com — 2006-04-26 Lost in MySpace: The 2006 Hawley Foundation Lecture Lost in MySpace:Social Networking, Student Privacy,and Self-Protection Frederick Lane <p>——<p> this looks like an interesting talk.