I need to be aware of my own thinking as life unfolds around me.
The Brave New World of Autonomous Vehicles
How can we possibly afford to create the infrastructure for self-driving cars when we can’t afford to fix the roads and bridges that they are supposed to drive on?
How can we possibly afford to create the infrastructure for self-driving cars when we can’t afford to fix the roads and bridges that they are supposed to drive on?
5 Ways to Discover Your Next Favorite Book
They challenge us, they entertain us, they expand our worlds.
They challenge us, they entertain us, they expand our worlds.
Learn to Adapt: The Decay of Conventional Education
If employers have tunnel vision on the end result—the diploma—then let’s eliminate the main barrier that keeps individuals from getting one: financial.
If employers have tunnel vision on the end result—the diploma—then let’s eliminate the main barrier that keeps individuals from getting one: financial.
What Defines ‘Fit for Office’?
Maybe, just maybe, Donald Trump is not the problem.
Maybe, just maybe, Donald Trump is not the problem.
The Muted Masterpiece: Road to Perdition, 15 Years Later
Well worth rediscovering, this 2002 film, at its core, is about father-son relationships.
Well worth rediscovering, this 2002 film, at its core, is about father-son relationships.
A Spiritual Journey Through Modern Means
At the age of 30, it is about time I started doing the things I have always wanted to do but have not because I have been too concerned about conventional expectations.
At the age of 30, it is about time I started doing the things I have always wanted to do but have not because I have been too concerned about conventional expectations.
The Burden of a Wet Dog
It seemed like one of those hypothetical situations a professor would present in an Intro to Ethics class, or Philosophy 101.
It seemed like one of those hypothetical situations a professor would present in an Intro to Ethics class, or Philosophy 101.
Maybe What We Really Need to Do is MEND the Wall
The focus has been on cost and length and size; yet little attention is paid to the profundity of what has led to The Wall in the first place.
The focus has been on cost and length and size; yet little attention is paid to the profundity of what has led to The Wall in the first place.
The Fatal Kiss – Why I Teach My Students About 9/11
I want them to never forget the story about "the skyscraper and the airplane, and about the bright September morning that welded them together.”
I want them to never forget the story about “the skyscraper and the airplane, and about the bright September morning that welded them together.”
On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education
A liberal arts education can give students much more than rote skills. It can (and should) give them empathy, a way past themselves, a world imminently more alive.
Help an Addict Out: Combating the Addiction Epidemic, a Personal Story
The only way that the deadly trend of addiction will reverse itself in this country is if addicts feel comfortable asking for help.
When Should We Stop Trying to Treat Teens with Mental Illness?
Geoff Watkinson believes that it is time to treat teens’ mental health needs the way we treat their physical needs.