Continue reading “Learn to Fail, Teach Trust”“In a fear-based, failure-averse culture, people will consciously or unconsciously avoid risk. They will seek instead to repeat something safe that’s been good enough in the past. Their work will be derivative, not innovative. But if you can foster a positive understanding of failure, the opposite will happen…. We must think of the cost of failure as an investment in the future.”
– Ed Catmull, Pixar Co-founder.
Sociologist Duncan Watts on why social science is important in technology and in broader areas of social policy.
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Quote of the week, from computational sociologist, Duncan Watts:
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“Now more than ever, students need the intellectual power to recognise societal problems” Continue reading Social Science in Schools
Developmental psychologist, Alison Gopnik, shows the value of social science in improving early education programs:
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“I like the interaction with people, all the different cultures.” Continue reading Diverse Interactions
The work of creating the book became an exercise in turning the emotional labour of racism into tangible physical labour. I was able to turn all that pain into an object, which is incredibly strange, but also incredibly freeing. – Naima Lowe, queer black artist on her new book “39 Questions for White People.” Source: Via Colorlines. Continue reading 39 Questions for White People
What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interest do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How can we get rid of you? Only democracy gives us that right. That is why no one with power likes democracy and that is why every generation must struggle to win it and keep it; including you and me, here and now. Tony Benn, 2005 Via: Phil BC. Continue reading Ask the Powerful Five Questions
What can you do with a social science degree? Carrie Brownstein has been a rockstar with Sleater Kinney and has found further success as a comedy writer and star on Portlandia. Here’s how she sees the link between her degree in sociolinguistics and her comedy TV show.
Noga Arikha, historian, on the importance of learning history:
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