Scenes from a Broken Hand

Scenes from a Broken Hand

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Scenes from a Broken Hand
Live Not in Nonsense

Live Not in Nonsense

Hard academics and soft skills won't help students if they can't tell truth from fiction.

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Andrew Ordover
Sep 27, 2024
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The World That Was

Back in the 20th century, when I was a young person, there were clearly defined and limited ways for me to learn about something:

  1. Ask a grown-up

  2. Read a book

  3. Watch TV / listen to the radio

  4. Go to the library

Information resided in certain brains and certain places, and you had to go to them to get it. Information existed inside a gated fortre…

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