Look at the interesting collection of photos and documents being collected for International Archives Day. International Archives Day ... continue reading

Wellbeing indexes for countries are, in my view, a great improvement over measuring things like GDP. This new index is an interesting approach that looks at something else: how much each country contributes to our common good. This creates something very positive to strive for. The Good Country Index ... continue reading

Fascinating perspective on how to think about conflict between Russia and “Atlantic” states. It uses white/black and other terms in an unexpected way to show how much those limit our thinking. Superficially that’s obvious but this is not a superficial post. Is the Former Soviet Bloc ‘White’? ... continue reading

The Conservative government needs to stop its damaging approach to science. Steve Campana, Canadian biologist, ‘disgusted’ with government muzzling ... continue reading

I’m not sure how much this could teach someone to write but it’s a neat concept for exercising a bit of creativity. Learn to Write Through a Video Game Inspired by the Romantic Poets: Shelley, Byron, Keats ... continue reading

Good points about figuring out what you’re signing onto with online services’ privacy policies. The author asks who is offering the service, what information do they collect, and what do they share. I like how she wants her kids to think about these things, good critical thinking for information literacy. Why I make my kids read privacy policies ... continue reading

This is a great project, documenting people’s dreams from many different places. What People Around the World Dream About ... continue reading

This report from the World Economic Forum looks at policy with respect to disruption and innovation. I haven’t read all of it yet but so far I find it clear they way they set about discussing innovation from incremental and transformative perspectives, and are conscientious about the context of the whole ecosystem. Dealing with Disruption Clearing Pathways for Entrepreneurial Innovation ... continue reading

Librarians Versus the NSA ... continue reading

Neat thinking here about humor as freedom’s highest expression. Charlie Hebdo to Kant, and then some. [Readings] | The Joke, by Justin E.H. Smith | Harper’s Magazine ... continue reading

This is a pretty interesting study on how to make a widespread major change. Rather than trying to go directly and get everyone to change their diets, this group started strategically changing the way food producers, marketers, etc. made and sold food, among many other changes. In the end, all of the peripheral changes added up to an entire overhaul of the population’s eating and living habits, without the pe ... continue reading

Discussions like this, yesterday at supper, make It clear that my son is my son. Parent: So, you were playing with Juliette at daycare today? Child: Yeah. Parent: What were you doing? Child: We found a dead unicorn. And we put it in a box so that it will never live again. ... continue reading

How a paywall prevented research from spreading in Liberia that could have helped prevent the outbreak. Don’t Think Open Access Is Important? It Might Have Prevented Much Of The Ebola Outbreak | Techdirt ... continue reading