I walked past the books in the discount retailer I was visiting to purchase storage supplies for my wife’s home office. When she arrived at the section she needed, she noticed I was not with her. When I finally caught up with her, she noticed the book in my hands: Walter Isaacson’s 2014 The Innovators: Read More
I just finished Ron Folman’s 2025 book The Human Test: How Predictability, Creativity, and the Quantum Mind Will Redefine Life in the Age of AI. Folman’s book opens with ahypothetical story of Eve, who was in his lab looking at atoms, and asked the question “Are they alive?” My mind immediately went to 10th grade Read More
a post created by NotebookLM based on my notes from Michaelsen, L. K., Knight, A. B., & Fink, L. D. (Eds.). (2004). Team-based learning: A transformative use of small groups in college teaching. Stylus Publishing. Mention the phrase “group project,” and you’re likely to get a groan. For many of us, the experience brings back Read More
A post I have had in my “drafts” pile for some time… based on my readings of Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man For centuries, there has been a recurring, politically expedient project in Western thought: the attempt to measure the immeasurable complexities of human ability, distill them into a single, quantifiable number, and Read More
The world is full of AI. Our searches, our social media inboxes, the apps on our phones, and our bookshelves. This becomes overwhelming if we are to try to separate the good stuff from the bad stuff, but here is a recommendation to put on top of your “to read” pile. Madhumita Murga, an editor Read More
I have a stack of books about artificial intelligence waiting to be read. The field is emerging quickly, so my reading focuses on how AI has and can affect work, life, and society. Madhumita Murgia’s 2024 book Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI was the most recent book of this genre I have Read More
As school returns, I am hearing comments about “intelligence” return to my media feeds and in chatter amongst people who purport knowledge of teaching and learning. This seems a good opportunity to post again on the dubious evidence if IQ as it is commonly understood. For decades, IQ tests have shaped perceptions of intelligence, often Read More
Until COVID, I did not read audio books. Now, I read them all the time. (Yes, listening to an audio book is reading; I learn as much from listening as from reading print. I use audiobooks for different purposes, sometimes listening to a book before buying a print copy, or listening to books I’ve already Read More
David Clinton’s The Complete Obsolete Guide to Generative AI is a must-read for computer science students looking to break into the exciting field of AI. This book offers a comprehensive overview of generative AI, covering everything from the basics of how AI models work to the practical applications of AI in various industries. What makes Read More
AI is all the rage, and it has been for a few years. Some folks are raging advocates for AI, and they claim it will fix everything. Other folks rage against it, and they claim it will ruin everything. The truth probably lies somewhere between the two extremes, but Hilke Schellmann’s book The algorithm: How Read More