The persistence of tunnel vision
Is Humankind the ultimate outcome of the Earthly life processes?
Will it be prettty much "business as usual" for our species for the next
century?
By casting aside the blinkers provided by thought-patterns which have, over the millennia, become embedded in our collective consciousness, the arguments presented herein permit a resounding "No" in [...]
Lawrence Lessig could be called a cultural environmentalist.
One of America’s most original and influential public intellectuals, his focus is the social dimension of creativity: how creative work builds on the [...]
Backyard Conservation Publication
Whether you have acres in the country, an average-sized suburban yard, or a tiny plot in the city, you can help protect the environment and add beauty and interest to your surroundings. This colorful [...]
Both Loyd Case, editor of ExtremeTech, and Jim Lynch, forum moderator and commentator extraordinaire, recently bought Amazon Kindle 2 ebook readers. What follows is Jim’s review of the Kindle. He focuses on the hardware, plus the store and the experience of using the Kindle 2. Loyd talks about reading on the Kindle 2. It’s not, [...]
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
Major parts of the site include:
An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet
Pointers [...]
Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart, who in 1971 decided that it would be a really good idea if lots of famous and important texts were freely available to everyone in the world. Since then, he has been joined by hundreds of volunteers [...]
About the Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment founded at the University of Michigan School of Information and hosted by Drexel University’s College of Information Science & Technology.
The IPL is many things:
the first [...]
By Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
A WHISTLEBLOWER’S ACCOUNT
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, blew the whistle in the `80s on government activities withheld from the public. Her inside knowledge will help you protect your children from controversial methods and programs. In this book you will discover:
* -how good teachers across [...]
