“For a long time, even when I was going to school, we were taught that the structure of the human brain was basically fixed by the time we got to our early 20s. But it’s become clear in the last few decades that in fact, even the adult human brain is quite malleable. And our [...]
Archive for the ‘Academic’ Category
On humility and learning from everybody
It’s crucial to take a sense of humility into the world. By the time you make it to a top graduate school, almost all your learning has come from people who are smarter and more experienced than you: parents, teachers, bosses. But once you’ve finished at Harvard Business School or any other top academic institution, [...]
Hey London, your books are needed for Sudan
As reported by Roving Bandit, one of my favorite bloggers from Sudan: “This looks like a great project. There is a container at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London waiting to be filled with academic books for Juba University. Get down there if you have any and you are based in London; [...]
Circumventing Internet Censorship: The Next Frontier for Human Rights Activists
By far, one of the more insightful posts I’ve ever read by Ethan Zuckerman: “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention” I recommend by starting with Secretary Clinton’s speech on Internet freedom before moving on to reading Zuckerman’s blog post. Regardless of your political persuasion, this speech is a powerful one that touches on an issue of increasingly [...]
Link Roundup: Farm Radio to Eric Reeves
Farm Radio International Launches 3rd Radio Scriptwriting Competition Google Steps Up Its Darfur Genocide Coverage In Google Earth (via TechCrunch) When Society Expects Us to Fail, We Usually Do (from Nathaniel Whittemore via Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog) Ten reasons why Chinese are despised in Africa (via African Politics Portal) Navigating Africa With OpenStreetMap (via 27 [...]
Putting the term “third world” to sleep
I’ve been ranting about this for several years now: the continued use of the term “third world” to describe countries currently in development, also known as “developing countries”. While I don’t get into heated discussions about it’s use, as most people are simply uninformed of how improper it is, I do think it’s worth exploring [...]
African Summer Event Wrap-up
This is a great summer for exciting tech events happening throughout Africa. Be sure to check out some of the latest events coming up and spread the word: International Development and Design Summit (IDDS)-Ghana Mediatech Africa ‘09, South Africa Barcamp Abidjan-Abidjan, Ivory Coast Maker Faire Africa (MFA)-Ghana AFRICON-Nairobi, Kenya
Lastest finds in the blogoshpere
On June 15th, I was musing over the (growing) problem of information overload. I’ve since siphoned my Google Reader collection of RSS feeds down to 335. Not too bad, but I still have a ways to go to bring it to a manageable amount. Here are some good finds I have in my Google Reader [...]
Speaking of Bashir’s indictment by the ICC…
I’ve read multiple write-ups on the indictment of Sudanese President Omar Bashir and have been asked just as many times on my thoughts on the whole ordeal. Some are asking because I have an interest in human rights in general and others are asking because I started studying human rights law with the University of [...]
5 Inspiring Blogs I Follow on a Daily Basis
People love lists, don’t they? Grocery lists. To-do lists. Blog lists. I decided to write up a list of some blogs I’m so thankful they exist I can’t help but show my appreciation for them by passing them to you my readers. So here they are along with my own personal commentary: Change.org’s Social Entrepreneurship–Led [...]
