In the chatroom, we were discussing what to do if your target symbol in the 551w system (a system we like) gapped above your mechanical entry (a price we define as an entry in the non-discretionary ruleset), which led to this stream of consciousness dialogue: As an exercise, take a sheet of paper and […]
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Battle ready, brain ready: a stream of consciousness reflection
(from an e-mail conversation with a new friend, the inventor of Brainmode power), Stephen asked me to reflect upon the phrase: Battle ready, brain ready. This was my stream of consciousness: it seems to me that brain state is an integral part of every behavior or cognitive process. for instance, we use a number of […]
Knee-jerk meets policy
this is the very definition of a knee-jerk reaction. What does our Libyan policy havein common with a knee-jerk? it’s autonomic: without conscious thought or reasoning it’s an uncontrolled spasm it could trigger an uncontrolled, uncontrollable series of equally uncomcious responses it’s unconnected to a strategy, a plan, a vision of the future it’s a […]
reflections on state funding for higher education
our cohort is looking at trends in state level funding for higher education and saw Arkansas proposing a plan to tie funding to short term measures of performance like class completion %, which triggered the following reflection on my part during our weekly discussions 1. state legislatures are tied to the annual and biannual budget […]
Reflections on food and education in geopolitical ju-jitsu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_budget_unions continuing discussions over the role of funding & negotiating teacher salaries in Wisconsin And after the quote below, one must wonder why the parents of Wisconsin school children should be so eager to get these teachers back In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the […]
The power of water, and reflections on critical thinking
Image via Wikipedia A testimony to the power of water, in recent Australian floods. www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=kYUpkPTcqPY Water level in rivers follows the Log-Pearson 3 probability distribution(see attached picture) Tightly clustered around the mean, with little variation, and a limit on how far the left hand tail can go (ie “dry”) The right hand tail though is […]
Reflections on economy, China and education
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576105952027426880.html another step in the realization of the Chinese Century. They are in the same economic position the US was at the end of WW2: had all the money, the manufacturing base and the need & capacity to export to war torn countries of Europe. Look at what happened in the 50s and 60s until […]
Reflections on Starobin’s Five Roads to the Future
Paul Starobin’ s biography (from the author), from NationalJournal.com Related Link: http://www.afteramericabook.com Paul Starobin is a staff correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly. He is author of the new book “After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age,” available in soft cover as “Five Roads to the Future: Power […]
Reflections on “Sonic Boom” by Greg Easterbrook
Commentary on Sonic Boom by Gregg Easterbrook His reasons for believing that an explosion in globalization is coming: ease of communication freedom of speech and democracy markets tend to consumer demand rising education levels chip-based electronics equality of women reduced military spending and interlinked nations My concerns after reading his introduction: will he be addressing […]
Innovation as a function of R&D investments? not so much; check your network first
Image via Wikipedia Some excellent insights into the power of quality connections and the network effect with respect to R&D, innovation and open borders Hard times call for new solutions and we are starting to take a good hard look at how innovation really works and what we can do to improve performance. Recent reports […]