The Cigarmakers of Cuba and the New Information Revolution
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass Learning from past revolutions in information literacy, can we develop a model that suits the 21st century?
Odin Halvorson
Freedom from Freedom (for Freedoms’s Sake!)
“Freedom may be mankind’s natural state, but so is sitting in a tree eating your dinner while it is still wriggling.” ― Terry Pratchett This is about understanding that the individual is stronger if the whole is also stronger.
Tidying up with Zen
Thoughts on Marie Kondo, then, and learning to live the life you have. Meditating is actually about taking care of the life you live in now. This is what Zen master Dogen said: “If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
Learn to Be a Jedi Communicator
A concise guide to communicating compassionately both online and off. Our greatest impact in the world is made through our relationships with other people — how we communicate, how we comport ourselves when we communicate, changes the world around us.
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Writing Beyond Your Genre
How a book on graphic novel writing changed my perspective of narrative craft.
Bernie Sanders and the New American Age
Bernie Sanders is considering a new bid for President of the United States of America and we should all be paying very close attention. Bernie Sanders is considering a new bid for President of the United States of America and we should all be paying very close attention.
News
21 Million Passwords Have Been Breached
As well as 773 Million Email Addresses. And they are all up for sale. An unprecedented breach of the security of millions of people have been released and placed up for the highest bid. The time is now to secure yourself-now, before it’s too late.
How to Get Your Story Read
Advice from a weary editor who is on your side. Ever wonder what an editor is thinking about your story? Usually, just before they start reading, they’re thinking “I hope this is good!” Here’s how to make it good.
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We Think About Success Wrong
Anyone reading this can be doing amazing things. If we’re not careful, in our quest to imitate the great entrepreneurial minds of our century, we’ll find ourselves running over a cliff.
Economics
It’s Not About Free Trade, It’s About Open Access to Ideas
It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single…
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There’s an Epidemic in Hollywood
And it’s called Wanda Group (among others).
Health
Do Not Go Quiet into Chronic Pain
For those of us with chronic conditions, life can often feel like a series of compromises and fallbacks. I’m fortunate in many ways. I also have a chronic illness and a host of secondary, comorbid chronic conditions.