Are games the new education?

Finally. I’ve been trying to write this post for days, but keep getting distracted by current events.

This isn’t another Google Glasses post, but they do make a handy example of my basic premise: that information recall has, and is going to continue to…

More investors need to watch Any Given Sunday

You know that moment in every sports movie where the hero, who has achieved success through ability but not personality, has to be reminded of the importance of effort? Whether it is going back to the ghetto to watch kids play in an empty lot or a…

Barry Schwartz and Andrew Ward and Dan Ariely, stumbling home one night

So it is 1am and I’m walking with Arjan Haring to his place in the suburbs of Utrecht on my last night in Holland. We’re chatting about the hackathon, psychologists we admire, and general troublemaking…

European ads are gay (and do they work?)

In an attempt to stay awake on my first day in Holland and conquer jetlag, I spent several hours today watching television. The shows themselves are the same, because I was really just flipping back and forth between the Discovery Channel and Comedy Central…

I like the Dutch (and why I’m in Holland to begin with)

I like the Dutch. They’re blunt, practical, and have remarkably low ego. Sure, they may be a little fatalistic (they recently played in the Euro Football Championship and despite being tapped to win the whole thing, everyone was…

We’re better than evolution

Predictably, I am yet again not going to talk about education and information. Because I was watching an episode of NOVA last night that focused on energy solutions for the future and the protect of our environment. One of the innovations was a “branch” of CO2 removing material…

Education from scratch

I spent the day working on tech/ed mashups and surveying the space, and two things are painfully true.

First, far too many companies are focused on supporting an educational system that is crumbling. If it isn’t abundantly clear at this point, the classroom model…