Paul’s Blog

There’s a definite bias toward your own small bubble of experiences, and this is true of IT departments as well. If you are in a school environment which is mostly Unix/Linux/Solaris with a smattering of PC/Mac, then the “cool” guys all know that only losers waste time with PC/Mac. When I was a [...]

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Does the US Education system pressure teachers to conform, thereby stripping them of individuality, while forcing them to “teach” diversity?
A useful analogy here might be the “social contract” (http://tr.im/n2PN) harkening back to Hobbes and Locke.  In order to reap the benefits of goods and services which have been commoditized, we agree to cohere to the [...]

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