THE GLOBAL PROBLEM: MY LOCAL-REGIONAL-NATIONAL ACADEMIC AND POPULAR SCHOLARLY WORK Robert Cady Saler (2024). "Death to the World" and Apocalyptic Theological Aesthetics, T&T Clark (Bloomsbury), pp. 152, e-book US$ 122.41 discounted, hardcover US$ 153.00. A...
Important Public Statement
How to reverse 30 years in higher education policy?
Dear friends, Here is a prime example in the outcome of 30 years' failure in higher education policies: “There are forums on contract cheating writers and I’ve seen them discuss that students have been caught for using AI and...
Spiral Historiography: 1. Widely-Believed Falsehood, 2. Accountability, 3. Falsehood Retreats, 4. Historical Forgetfulness
"... Last Friday, Salem Media Group announced that it had removed the fabulist film 2,000 Mules from its platform and said it would no longer distribute either the movie or an accompanying book by the right-wing activist and Trump-pardoned felon Dinesh D’Souza. It...
‘Reckless Race for Dominance’: Is Any Decision-Maker Listening?
I have been making the moral warning, over and over, again and again. Is Any Decision-Maker Listening? From Kevin Roose, reporting from San Francisco, June 4, 2024, in "OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance," The Washington Post....
QUESTION: Why the Culture-History Warfare upon Education in Early 21st Century?
This morning's story, for me, is Patrick Jack's article in The Higher Education supplement, which examined the fallout in a conflict: Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology of the United Kingdom, with Kamna Patel, associate...
The Thinking of Dumbassery: Clear Message to Government and Corporations
dumbassery Jump to navigationJump to search Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Noun 1.2.1Synonyms English[edit] Etymology[edit] From dumbass + -ery. Noun[edit] dumbassery (uncountable) (slang,vulgar,Canada, US) Immature, foolish behavior;...
PASSING OF JOHN MOSES
Dear Colleagues, Ingrid Moses messaged last night that John had died, after a long illness, although he was still quite sharp still in the last weeks and we had been messaging often. He was 91. Quite...
Universities and Employability: Why am I not employed (contracted)?
“The [UK] creation of the Office for Students by the 2017 Higher Education and Research Act to ‘encourage competition between English higher education providers’ and to ‘promote value for money’ has been particularly instrumental in promoting...
I and My Colleagues have been Saying the Same Thing For Decades as Leading Journalistic Statements: So, Why I NOT Employed or Contracted?
Dear friends, Not understanding the A.I. risks. Tyler Austin Harper (2024). The Big Ai Risk Not Enough People Are Seeing: Beware technology that makes us less human, The Atlantic, MAY 21, 2024, 6 AM ET. GIFT ARTICLE In 1977, Ivan Illich,...