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by Jim Rietmulder | Jan 28, 2013 | Ideas
Agency is the capacity to choose and act on your own behalf, and may be a hallmark of life. A rock just sits there, but living creatures can do things, can take actions. Even bacteria detect and move towards nutrients, making choices and taking action in a primitive...
by Jim Rietmulder | Dec 10, 2012 | Ideas
Nature impels us to avoid death and seek infinity. Call the first a biological imperative and the second a spiritual imperative. The first is the survival instinct. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs suggests you must satisfy the first before you can do much about the...
by Julia James | Sep 20, 2012 | Ideas
I don’t have a lot to say about this article by Peter Gray except to recommend it. Dr Gray cites studies indicating that creativity is one of the most-desired qualities in potential employees, and recent research indicating that creativity is declining in...
by JD Stillwater | Sep 6, 2012 | Ideas
I heard most of this radio interview the other morning, with Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character, and I was thinking of The Circle School the entire time. I wonder if Paul Tough has heard of what we do here; I...
