The contours of our heart
/The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart. -Ortega T Gassett
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of interest about journalism, fakes, writing, security & more - Feb 15
/***COVID-19
Four Reasons Experts Say Coronavirus Cases Are Dropping In The US
Virus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance
Will COVID-19 Change How We Think About Disability?
Lack of health services and transportation impede access to vaccine in communities of color
***JOURNALISM
Microsoft warns enterprises of new 'dependency confusion' attack technique
Covering multicultural education: 7 tips for journalists
journalist get sued for requesting a public record
At age 92, former journalist publishes her 1st book
It's Official: Linguistic Intent No Longer Matters at The New York Times
Seth Abramson’s viral meta-journalism unreality
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE US
In China, journalists are targets and collateral
A crackdown on India’s press is the latest in a pattern of intimidation against news outlets
Mexico arrests ex-governor in case of tortured journalist
U.S.-Linked Forces Are Detaining A Prominent Journalist In Yemen
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
As newspapers close across Chicago suburbs, one local nonprofit newsroom steps in
The media doesn't own publishing anymore
Bloomberg Media expects 9-figure consumer subscription biz
Trump era pushes NYT to new heights
New Statesman digital subscriptions have grown by 75 per cent in a single year
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Best free alternatives to Photoshop in 2021
How to use your GoPro as a webcam, since Zoom calls aren't going anywhere
***WRITING & READING
Why digital writing tools are a ‘double-edged sword’ for dyslexic kids
School pulls book about transgender boy after complaints
Is there really a ‘science of reading’ that tells us exactly how to teach kids to read? ($)
How Getting Canceled on Social Media Can Derail a Book Deal
***FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMS
The best podcasts on conspiracy theories and disinformation
Internal Revenue Service warns of tax phishing scam
Deepfake videos are ruining women’s lives. Now the law may finally ban it.
20 ways to spot the work of paper mills
When’s the best time to correct fake news? After someone’s already read it, apparently
***FACEBOOK FAKES
Almost half a million users duped by Facebook phishing campaign
Facebook says it'll ban anti-vax content, again
***FAKE NEWS
The Epoch Times is now spreading disinformation through new brands
Ted Cruz Shares Fake Satire Disney Job Ad Post
A look at what didn’t happen this week
***FAKE VACCINE INFO
Instagram removes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over false COVID-19 vaccine claims
Three Baltimore County men charged with building a fraudulent website to sell COVID-19 vaccines
***QANON
'They're unrecognizable': One woman reflects on losing her parents to QAnon
Sad QAnon Followers Are at a Precarious Pivot Point
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How to delete your Clubhouse account and why you might want to
Social media played a central role in Trump's second impeachment trial
Snapchat urges users to remove unwanted connections
Instagram Is Developing a TikTok-Style 'Vertical Stories' Feed
With Local News Struggling, The NextDoor App Is Shaping Local Politics
Facebook Saves Links Shared On Messenger And Instagram
Facebook sued for 'losing control' of users’ data
Twitter Effort To Quell Misinformation Calls On Users To Fact-Check Tweets
Twitter Considers Subscription Fee for Tweetdeck, Unique Content
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Thought-detection: AI has infiltrated our last bastion of privacy
Despite Scanning Millions With Facial Recognition, Feds Caught Zero Imposters at Airports Last Year
Microsoft warns enterprises of new 'dependency confusion' attack technique
Your email and password were probably posted online in the mother of all data leaks
Google is bringing one of its best security features to the iPhone
Patient records stolen from Florida and Texas hospitals get published on the dark web
A Swiss Company Says It Found Weakness That Imperils Encryption
Cisco warns of critical remote code execution flaws in these small business VPN routers
***LANGUAGE
The evolution of the meaning of 'Cancel Culture
What are the benefits to learning a second language?
***LITERATURE
A new film, The Most Reluctant Convert, follows author’s conversion from atheism to Christianity
11 Songs Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
When Black kids – shut out from children’s literature – took matters into their own hands
***POETRY
This Dark Prince of American Poetry Writes With Glittering Malice
The sacred present
/Here you are! In the sacred present. I can’t heal you—or anyone—but I can celebrate your choice to dismantle the prison in your mind. Brick by brick. You can’t change what happened, you can’t change what you did or what was done to you. But you can choose how you live now.
Auschwitz survivor Edith Eva Eger in her book The Choice
Shaped & Fashioned
/We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. -Johann Von Goethe
Articles of interest about higher ed - Feb 12
/***COVID-19
Can COVID-19 Be Transmitted Through Frozen Food Shipments?
A significant share of people now have at least some immunity to the virus ($)
Why Swedish towns are banning masks
Researchers Learn What’s Driving ‘Brain Fog’ in People with COVID-19
We Asked People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID: What Do You Eat in a Day?
Virus is here to stay, but perhaps as a lesser threat
***THE VACCINES
Japan to discard millions of Pfizer vaccine doses because it has wrong syringes
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out.
Why Is It So Hard To Figure Out Where To Get Vaccinated For COVID-19?
***HIGHER ED & COVID
Spring Semester Brings In-Person Classes And COVID-19 Spikes For Some Colleges
Colleges Vowed a Safer Spring. Then Students, and Variants, Arrived ($)
***COVID AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS
UC Berkeley mandates weeklong sequester period for residential hall students
Auburn University Fully Returning to On-Campus Operations
***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS
Students And Alumni at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Rally Amid Talk Of Potential Programs Cuts
Faculty Union at City College of San Francisco Criticizes Moves Towards Layoffs
Indiana University of Pennsylvania cuts more than 80 jobs, alters 100 degree programs
University of Evansville spares music department from chopping block
The fight at Ithaca college over plans to cut 116 full-time positions
University of Kansas faculty group decries dismissal policy
***COLLEGE FINANCES
For-profit colleges brace for reckoning in Biden era
St. Joe’s and University of the Sciences have proposed a merger
SUNY Brockport facing $10M budget gap as ‘far fewer’ students returning to campus
Giving to colleges flattens without Bloomberg gift in 2020, ending decade of growth
***HIGHER ED
Some facts worth knowing about the history of higher education
How Universities Can Cope Amid a Ransomware Perfect Storm
Public Colleges Are Going After Adult Students Online. Are They Already Too Late?
University of Oregon reports record number of fall term freshman applications
***HUMANITIES
Reasons Why Liberal Arts Majors Succeed in Business
A Small College Hopes to Claim Artificial Intelligence for the Liberal Arts
***COLLEGE EMPLOYEES IN COURT
Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by campus wellness center worker against Lehigh University
Sexual harassment lawsuit filed against College of Southern Nevada, employee
***ONLINE CLASSES
What 114 Pre-Pandemic Studies About ‘Flipped’ Classrooms Could Tell Us About Refining Our Approach to Remote Learning in 2021
***ACADEMIC LIFE
University of Akron reaches tentative contract agreement with faculty after tumultuous year
Group of University North Carolina faculty calls for chancellor's resignation after Silent Sam revelations
Nearly half of all physics chairs report their department is under some level of threat
A Student Stole My Academic Work, Copied My Tattoos and Gave Talks Pretending To Be Me
Christian University Faculty Targeted for Social Media Posts Questioning Transgender Policies
***ACADEMICS IN COURT
N.J. university sued over ‘outrageous’ firing of tenured professors ($)
Litigious Ohio State professor loses appeal in federal defamation case
Court fines historian over claims of Holocaust survivor's lesbian affair
English professor joins lawsuit against Chancellor, Provost at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
***ADMINISTRATORS
University of Tennessee chancellor reflects on how grief has shaped her approach to life
St. Ambrose University announces next president
President of North Dakota State censured by Faculty Senate over provost appointment
After allegations of secret gifts, a chancellor emeritus is fired
Le Moyne College provost named president of University of Scranton
***CHRISTIAN COLLEGES
Vandals repeatedly target campus home of the University of the South's new vice chancellor
Virginia asks judge to dismiss Liberty University lawsuit over financial aid changes
Lipscomb University President transitions to chancellor role in 2021
Gordon College bids end to professors discrimination suit based on ministerial exception
Evangelical Colleges Consider the Future of Online Education After COVID-19
Valparaiso University drops Crusader mascot ($)
Imagining the future of theological education
***BAYLOR
Baylor panel: Campus censorship being driven by students, not administrators:
Baylor and Southwestern settle suit that claimed a foundation was trying to misuse millions intended for the two schools
***RESEARCH
An ugly truth about scientific publishing
Standardizing terminology for text recycling in research writing
We must clear out the rubbish fouling up the scientific pipeline ($)
5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2020
Academics Look to Restore Integrity to Science, Research
***RETRACTIONS
Springer charges $40 to read a 2003 retracted paper and another $40 for the retraction notice
New bot flags scientific studies that cite retracted papers
One publisher, more than 7000 retractions
***STUDENT LIFE
Civil Rights Group Threatens Suit Over Bar Exam Facial Scans
Two Orange Coast College students found dead in dorms
1 in 10 US college students experience period poverty, report says
Some public universities act as if they have 24/7 authority over students: The students are fighting back
***STUDENTS IN COURT
Former University of Illinois student at heart of prof's resignation charged with filing false reports against ex
Lawsuit alleges Wake Forrest was negligent in student's fatal shooting
University of Louisville student files lawsuit alleging university 'deprived' students of in-person college experience
Robinhood sued by family of college student who took his life
Court Rules Against Fordham Student in Class Action Lawsuit for Tuition Reductions During Pandemic
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
LSU under federal investigation for Clery Act violations after sexual assault complaints
Rhode Island School of Design pay a former student and survivor of sexual assault $2.5 million
Ohio University professor found to have sexually harassed two women shouldn’t lose tenure, Faculty Senate says
***COLLEGES & RACIAL ISSUES
Virginia College forfeits basketball game after players suspended for kneeling during national anthem
Education Department Disproportionally Selected Black, Hispanic Students for Audit
Michigan university in turmoil after white professor says he’s faced discrimination for 40 years ($)
Trump’s controversial diversity training order is dead – or is it? Colleges are still feeling its effects
Alabama university removes Wallace name from building
Black student sues University of Tennessee: 'Professional conduct rules are created to keep minorities out'
If you want to test a man's character
/Nearly all men can stand adversity. but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln (born Feb 12, 1809)
Two wrongs
/Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
Guilt v Shame Culture
/In a guilt culture you know you are good or bad by what your conscience feels. In a shame culture you know you are good or bad by what your community says about you, by whether it honors or excludes you. In a guilt culture people sometimes feel they do bad things; in a shame culture social exclusion makes people feel they are bad.
David Brooks writing in the New York Times
medicine
/I think of my work as medicine. -Alice Walker (born Feb. 9, 1944)
Articles of interest about religion - Feb 8
/*** THE VIRUS
Why aren't kids getting vaccinated?
The Wealthy Are Getting More Vaccinations, Even in Poorer Neighborhoods
Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? Experts Cite the Effect Against Severe Disease
***RELIGION & THE VIRUS
Scientology Businesses Took in Over 80 Pandemic-Related Loans
'Manage The Best We Can': Latino Church Adapts To New COVID-19 Reality
***RELIGION
What Thomas Jefferson Could Never Understand About Jesus
About one-in-five Americans who have been harassed online say it was because of their religion
Where Does the South End and Christianity Begin? (Opinion)
***RELIGION & CRIME
Man facing felony charges accused of stealing $800k from Grand Rapids church
He Wants His Pastor With Him At His Execution. Alabama Won't Allow It
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Capitol siege puts spotlight on Christian nationalists
Nebraska priest who said he performed exorcism at U.S. Capitol apologizes, explains actions
A second SBC pastor in Texas called Vice President Kamala Harris 'Jezebel'
***ARTIFACTS & ARCHAEOLOGY
Museum of the Bible returns Artifacts to Egypt
Archaeologists find ruins of early mosque By the Sea of Galilee
***RELIGION & THE LAW
California can't totally ban worship, Supreme Court rules
Nativity scene OK in front of Jackson County Courthouse, federal appeals court rules
***RELIGION & RACIAL ISSUES
Black Lives Matter banner defaced outside University Christian Church in San Diego
Rick Warren apologizes for church video with Asian stereotypes
Southern Baptists Condemn Racist Letter Received by Arlington Pastor
***RELIGION & LITERATURE
Biography explores 'subversive' Christianity of novelist Dorothy Sayers
***DENOMINATIONS
National Cathedral criticized by Episcopalians for inviting Max Lucado to preach despite pastor’s anti-LGBTQ views
***CATHOLIC
Five myths about Catholics ($)
SC’s largest Catholic high school sued for $300M for invasive locker room windows
Biden's Support Of Abortion Rights At Odds With Some Catholic Bishops
***MEGACHURCHES
Hillsong Church hit with $20M in lawsuits for damages, ‘immoral’ acts
The Prosperous Lifestyle of Megachurch pastor John MacArthur--America’s Anti-Prosperity Gospel Preacher
***ISLAM
Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
Muslim mother whose son was killed by terrorist wins international peace award
Journalist Noor Tagouri on misrepresentation of Muslims in the media
One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
***OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Breaks Away From Russian Influence
Millennial and Gen Z Buddhists created an online forum to explore their identity ($)
California's Punjabi farmers rally behind India protests
Rihanna's call to support Indian farmers, many of them Sikhs quickly embraced by other celebrities
For Latter-day Saints like Andy Reid of Kansas City Chiefs, football and faith go hand in hand
Mummies in the audience
/“Keep on growing,” the commencement speakers say. “Don’t go to seed. Let this be a beginning, not an ending.” It is a good theme. Yet a high proportion of the young people who hear the speeches pay no heed, and by the time they are middle-aged they are absolutely mummified. Even some of the people who make the speeches are mummified. Why?
The thing that is really blocking self-development – the individual’s own intricately designed, self-constructed prison, or to put it another way, the individual’s incapacity for self-renewal.
John Gardner, Self-Renewal
Our Nation's motto
/Our Nation's motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage. -Ronald Reagan (Born: Feb. 6, 1911)
Articles of interest about higher ed - Feb 5
/***COVID-19
Study reveals extent of Covid vaccine side-effects
Study: Young COVID Survivors Can Get Reinfected
CDC finds heightened COVID-19 risk for LGBTQ, calls for more data gathering
***HIGHER ED & COVID
Colleges Add More In-Person Classes For Spring, Amid High Risk Of Coronavirus Spread
Can colleges make students get Covid vaccines? Here’s what experts say
San Rafael school trustee was vaccinated at educators ‘free-for-all’
***COVID AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS
New variant leads to stay-at-home order at U of Michigan
Lake Forest College COVID-19 outbreak fueled by dorm gatherings involving men's hockey team, school president says
***SPRING PLANS
Tracking Colleges' Spring-Reopening Plans ($)
***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS
Western Wyoming Community College Trustees approve layoffs, benefit reductions
University of Virginia announces athletic department layoffs
***COLLEGE FINANCES
University of Nevada could face significant budget cuts under proposed state budget
California private colleges could get reprieve tied to transfer students
Facing mounting debt, Laurentian University files for creditor protection
St. Petersburg College trustees reject contract in blow to adjuncts
Oregon State gets $50 million to renovate the football stadium
***HIGHER ED
Many colleges outside the top ones -- public and private alike -- are not having a good year in admissions
Are Graduate Programs Pressing Pause — or Pulling the Plug? ($)
The future of theological education (podcast)
Old Dominion Violated Disability Law, DOJ Finds
***HUMANITIES
University of Vermont faculty and students hold teach-in to protest cuts in humanities courses
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
Justice Department drops discrimination lawsuit against Yale University
Grand Canyon University files lawsuit against U.S. Department of Education
Pitt sues former wrestling coach, claims he manufactured discrimination lawsuit
Northwestern sues robot maker over patents ($)
***ACADEMIC LIFE
MIT Professor Gang Chen Charged With Millions In Grant Fraud, Hiding China Ties
Two Professors Say They Were Fired for Speaking Out about Collin College's COVID-19 Plans
Purdue professor tossed $100 Trump bill, pointed gun at bar patrons after political argument
Univ of Central Florida fires professor at center of controversial tweets for 'classroom misconduct’
Collin College Pushes Out Another Professor
North Texas Professor sues university, coworkers, students amidst accusations of racism
***ADMINISTRATORS
Northern Kentucky University announces new provost
Skipping search, University of Iowa names interim provost to become permanent
Mercyhurst University President Steps Down
St. Edward’s University welcomes new university president
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Liberty University's interim president apologizes for unmasked snowball fight
Meet Belmont University’s New President
Faculty and staff at Michigan Christian college raise eyebrows after receiving some of the first COVID-19 vaccines
Coach at a Christian University resigned after being accused of making racist statements
California Lutheran University donor redirects his multimillion-dollar gift to support students
Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan, is putting more than $15 million into a shooting-facilities
Southwest Baptist University Trustees Deny Tenure or Promotion to Several Faculty Members
***RESEARCH
Paper That Claimed Closed Schools Cost Lives Gets Correction
Risk of being scooped drives scientists to shoddy methods
In a copy-and-paste world, plagiarism can still do long-lasting damage
How to Protect the Credibility of Articles Published in Predatory Journals
Former Texas postdoc earns 10-year federal funding ban for faking authors and papers to boost metrics
Publishers Still Don’t Prioritize Researchers
Citing Software in Scholarly Publishing to Improve Reproducibility, Reuse, and Credit
Researchers are embracing visual tools to give fair credit for work on papers
Communicating Expectations: Developing a Rubric for Peer Reviewers
***STUDENT LIFE
2 ACU fraternities suspended while university investigates hazing allegations NEWS
Student Who Joined Capitol Mob Faces Federal Charges
A college student made big bucks off GameStop stock. Now he's using it to donate video games to a children's hospital
Penn State Black Caucus calls on PSU to investigate 51 who ‘ambushed’ Zoom call with white supremacist language, symbols
University Of Florida Student Uncovers Tomb Of Brazilian Abolitionist, 'Sea Dragon'
After five decades, UC Davis student newspaper secures right to select its own leadership
***STUDENTS IN COURT
University of North Carolina settles lawsuit with student newspaper over open meetings law violaions
University of Tennessee student sues school, claims she was nearly expelled for her social media posts
***FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS
University of Iowa dean apologizes to conservative students, staff2
University of Illinois settles suit with free speech group
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Harvard University Apologizes to Scholar Who Endured Harassment
George Washington Student Leader Resigns Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
Stakes high for Iowa, athletic director in Title IX lawsuit: Experts say swimmers have a good case
Cheerleader sues Northwestern, describes harassment by drunk fans
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
Baylor Campus security called on black students gathering in library
Saddleback College gets rid of ‘racist’ mascot
A Northwestern University postdoctoral fellow took his own life after being linked to anonymous anti-Semitic and racist social media posts
University of Tennessee apologizes after faculty member writes racist acronym on whiteboard
***RANSOMWARE
Tips for Preventing Ransomware During Remote Learning
Why schools are vulnerable to ransomware attacks
Baldwin Wallace University target of cyber attack
our finest moments
/The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. -M. Scott Peck
Articles of interest about journalism, conspiracy theories, the virus & more - Feb 4
/***THE VACCINES
Monmouth Poll: 24% of Americans have no plans to get Covid vaccine
Comparing three Covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, J&J
Why the Second COVID-19 Shot Feels Worse
'Vaccine tourism': tens of thousands of Americans cross state lines for injections
'No issues': Drinking alcohol won’t affect COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, doctors say
What You Need To Know About The Coronavirus Vaccine And Children
Tech glitches, swamped websites impede US vaccine distribution
Newest vaccine weaker against virus mutations
Are the coronavirus vaccines safe for someone with cancer or dementia? ($)
***COVID-19
A visualization of the pandemic's emotional wave
Younger adults responsible for most of COVID-19 spread
Unmasking the pandemic’s pollution problem
U.S. lagging in key tool against newer variants
Safe ways to return to exercising ($)
Zombie nation: Third of adults walking around in concussion-like daze due to stress, lack of sleep
***JOURNALISM
Don't have time for video? Just pop open the transcript
How Can Journalists Better Serve Immigrant Communities? (opinion)
Journalism and statistics team up to detect corruption in Peru
Times reporter disciplined over alleged slur use ($)
TV news crew threatened with arrest after asking congresswoman a question during town hall meeting
Why journalists in India are under attack
***JOURNALISM HISTORY
Thanks to the Internet Archive, the history of American newspapers is more searchable than ever
Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light
The most inspiring journalism movie — maybe ever ($)
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The job of the future is editor in chief
West Virginia newspaper publisher sues Google, Facebook
***COVID SCAMS
First Draft launches a hub to monitor misinformation about vaccines
Republican Lawmaker Indicted For Allegedly Selling Bogus Covid-19 Treatments
COVID-19 conspiracy theories in China are wildly different than in the U.S.
COVID scams flourish despite efforts of health and law enforcement agencies
Anti-Vaccine Groups Exploit Coincidental Illness to Undermine COVID-19 Vaccinations
***POLITICS & CONSPIRACIES
Trump Taught Teachers Conspiracy Theories. Now They’re Teaching Them To Students.
Trump's rise and fall unified the two most pernicious, racist myths about America
Twitter troll arrested, accused of election interference related to disinformation campaign
***QANON
Belief in QAnon Wavers Slightly Among Adults After Capitol Riots, Inauguration
QAnon and the Cultification of the American Right
Where Have QAnon Supporters Gone?
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Don’t share your COVID-19 vaccination card on social media. Here’s why.
Facebook developing a tool to help advertisers avoid bad news
Social media giants try to lean into the creator economy
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Privacy survey: Consumers have poor understanding of data privacy yet think they are taking proactive steps | ZDNet
Why You Should Never 'Unsubscribe' From Illicit Spam Emails and Texts
Microsoft tracked a system sending a million malware emails a month. Here's what it discovered
Google’s next big Chrome update will rewrite the rules of the web
This Linux malware is hijacking supercomputers across the globe
The U.S. Spent $2.2 Million on a Cybersecurity System That Wasn’t Implemented — and Might Have Stopped a Major Hack
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos ($)
***LITERATURE
An ambitious project to visually map thousands of books
Untangling the Legacy of The Color Purple
***POETRY
With Sunflowers As Her Guide, Poet Tunes In To Dream Life For Debut Collection
Inauguration star Amanda Gorman to perform at Super Bowl
Poet learned the power of words as a kid
going to places where you don’t normally go
/An old joke says that if you torture the data long enough, it will confess. With enough work, you can distort data to make it say what you want it to say.
We all hold some beliefs, and that’s fine. It’s all part of being human. What’s not OK, though, is when we let those beliefs inadvertently come into the way we form our hypotheses.
We can see this tendency in our everyday lives. We often interpret new information in such a way that it becomes compatible with our own beliefs. We read the news on the site that conforms most closely to our beliefs. We talk to people who are like us and hold similar views. We don’t want to get disconcerting evidence because that might lead us to change our worldview, which we might be afraid to do.
One way to fight this bias is to critically examine all your beliefs and try to find disconcerting evidence about each of your theories. By that, I mean actively seeking out evidence by going to places where you don’t normally go, talking to people you don’t normally talk to, and generally keeping an open mind.
Rahul Agarwal writing in Built in
The truth is
/The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming sweet, bitter…and that is everything. -Anatole France
The qualities of creative people
/Some observers have been led to comment on a certain “childlike” or “primitive” quality in creative individuals. They are childlike and primitive in the sense that they have not been trapped by the learned rigidities that immobilize the rest of us. In their chosen field they do not have the brittle knowingness and sophistication of people who think they know all the answers. The advantage of this fluidity is that it permits all kinds of combinations and recombinations of experience with a minimum of rigidity.
One could list a number of other traits that have been ascribed to the creative individual by research workers. Almost all observer have noted a remarkable zeal or dive in creative individuals. They are wholly absorbed in their work.
Anne Roe, in her study of gifted scientists, found that one of their most striking traits was a willingness to work hard and for long hours. The energy they bring to their work is not only intense but sustained. Most of the great creative performances grow out of years of arduous application.
Other observers have commented on the confidence, self-assertiveness or, as one investigator put it, the “sense of destiny” in creative persons. They have faith in their capacity to do the things they want and need to do in the area of their chosen work.
John Gardner, Self-Renewal
Hero dad praised for saving strangers' little girl
/#GOODNEWS
Source: Leichhardt Police
An Australian man is being called a hero by police after he saw a toddler fall into the Sydney Harbour and leaped in to save the three-year-old girl from drowning.
Read the story here.