23 May . Comment
Why liberal education matters
It’s fun to discover Vinton Cerf explaining why a liberal education matters, in an age of digital tech:
It’s fun to discover Vinton Cerf explaining why a liberal education matters, in an age of digital tech:
It’s interesting to me that this piece came across my radar from someone a world away on a day when I’m in Cleveland . Also intrigues me how moved I was by it, and how completely absent of any explicit religious references this is. Strikes me that perhaps it’s a way into recognizing some of the deep chords many faiths share:
I love this! It provides a scientific explanation of an exercise I’ve been doing for years in class:
Ever try to tell the stories of the Book of Acts in three minutes? This dude did:
(This might be a nice challenge to offer to teens with drawing/video skills.)
We need to play the “save the world” symphony, with whatever instruments we can access!
So, we’ve had 13 inch blizzards in May, in southern MN, and yesterday the wind was blowing so strongly that it pushed ice off the lakes and up into homes. Check out this video:
Makes me think of the incredible power that glaciers had…