Modern ethics has given us many theories on what is right and what is wrong. A crucial distinction between two major groups of these theories is based on the role of consequences in the theory. Where one group of theories focuses on the consequences of an action to determine whether this action is right or [...]
This article is the second part of the guest article written by Steven Price, the executive director of the European Institute of Industrial Leadership (EIIL), about the expected shortage of qualified engineers within Europe. For the first part of the article please refer here.
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Part II : ‘What should be done to reverse the decline?’
by Steven [...]
In our ‘A salute’ guest series from Robert L. Peters, please find below the next installment about psychologist Abraham Maslow.
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‘A salute: Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)’
by Robert L. Peters
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist noted for his conceptualization of a “hierarchy of human needs”—today he is considered the founder of humanistic psychology. Born into [...]
Tegenlicht is a Dutch series of high quality documentaries that is usually only available in Dutch. Recently however Tegenlicht decided to modernize and as such the price winning documentary I am Gurgaon has become available in English here. I am Gurgaon is a fascinating close-up look into Gurgaon, a modern city on the edge [...]
A little while ago, I was asked to write a one-page opinion piece for a publication of the research institute I work for, since this is their fifteenth year in existence. In the broadest sense, I was asked to give an opinion on where future information systems will or should be going. Below you will [...]
Education, from primary up to post-university, is an often discussed topic among the contributors to this blog. Unfortunately so far none of us felt sufficiently informed about it to offer a written contribution on this website. So I am very proud to be able to present a guest article from professional educator Steve Price. Steve [...]
Hans Rosling is a physician from Sweden who spent the better part of his life travelling to remote places in Africa to study the local health situation. Among other things he earned his PhD degree on documenting a before then unknown paralytic disease later named Konzo.
Besides being a doctor Rosling has a second passion: [...]
In my previous post for Gibburt there was mention of an imaginary creature called the cattywampus. This creature was used to teach children that they should never turn off their powers of judgment and not to accept anything on without proper consideration. Unfortunately this ‘turning off your own judgment’ in the face of authority (doctors, [...]
The following story I found here but it was too good not to repeat it in its entirety.
Thank you mr Owen for this jewel.
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The best teacher I ever had
Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal animal that [...]
Jared Diamond spent most of his career being a scholar of biology and ecology. In his fifties however he started a second career as a writer of popular science books. His most successful book up to date, his 1997 Guns, Germs and Steel, won a Pulitzer price. In 2005 he released his most recent book [...]
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