[I wrote this months ago. Posting it now (unfinished) to clear out my backlog – ed] A little while ago, a bunch of us went to see Nick Yee give a presentation about Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) at PARC. … Continue reading →

The Constructionists tell us that children learn best when we let them form their own theories about the world by making things. In contrast, the Instructionists tell us that children learn better when we-who-know tell them what the theories are. … Continue reading →

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The National Review has hosted an excellent debate about the future of Iraq – excellent, because it is one of the few forums where the debaters do not descend into infantile name-calling. I wonder if there really are people who … Continue reading →

I can’t tell whether this Onion article was a prediction or is just a recent satire: “My fellow Americans,” Bush said, “at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to … Continue reading →