Read of Mark Twain said this from this wikipedia entry of Autodiadic, which has an entry to John Taylor Gatto.
Archive for May, 2008
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education
Posted in What is Learning, unschooling on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mike Gravel dropped out of race
Posted in Grassroots on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a very sad day. As I said before, if Gravel cannot win, I don’t have any hope for the change through political process anymore. To me, Mike Gravel is to test the boundary/limits of American politics. There is no one who can give a better shot than Gravel. If Gravel cannot win over [...]
Open cooperation within an organization
Posted in Cooperation, Open Project on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Each employee can set up his profile, with information about expertises, past projects (possibly a portfolio), what kinds of services he can provide, contact (email, messenger, phone, with one of them as preferred), available time slot (for online or off line assistance).
If the person has projects that need people to join, he can also post [...]
China and environment
Posted in Cross Culture Communication on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nowadays, China is increasingly blamed for polluting environment, for which they should be blamed. When I was in the middle school, I had an article published in a local newspaper expressing my sadness seeing a local river polluted in a mere few years.
But this article is intended to bring this environment issue to a [...]
Open organizations
Posted in Cooperation, Open Project, Random Thoughts on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Consciousness flow will have no blockage anymore. Traditionally, it was blocked by military power, or by capital power. But in the web area, in the social domain, we will see that consciousness flow will be more and more natural.
In traditional industry, such as agriculture and manufacturing, there are a lot of physical barriers that can [...]
In defense of Sudbury graduates: life is about simple things
Posted in Random Thoughts, unschooling on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A common criticism of Sudbury Valley schools (SVS) is that if it is so good why it hasn’t produced many great people. To this criticism, SVS’ counter argument is that life is about simple things. Being a happy person who enjoys life is the most important thing. Recently I understand more of this. Life is [...]
China, Capitalism, Communism
Posted in Cross Culture Communication on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since I came to US, for many times people enjoyed talking before me about China and communism. It actually doesn’t bother me at all. I learned not to be bothered by other people’s stupidity. I just wonder: yes, China is communism. But is this the only thing you know about China?
I guess it would be [...]
Love is the only thing I have
Posted in Chan/Zen on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When doing sitting meditation, you are not becoming totally “empty”. In the sitting meditation, you are doing nothing but stay with your true love. Love is the only thing you have.
The same in your daily activities, love is the only thing you have. Love is pure experiencing. Reasoning based on pure experiencing is [...]
Comments on Superclass The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
Posted in Grassroots, Open Project on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the panel discussion in CU of the book Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making.
The panelists had a lot of arguments on the kind of power that the global elites are having on the ordinary people on this planet and the power structure and its shifting. A student [...]
