The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
I am here for any metaphor linking the internet and Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem trilogy. Kickstarter co-founder Yancey St
Open Society
communities are the new conference – Harold Jarche
Asynchronous, continuous online communities like ours provide something that most conference do not — time for reflection and deep conversations.
as online activity grows, we all need safe places to learn and reflect. Yes, we can be engaged on public platforms, but we need to find safe places to have deeper conversations. Communities can offer a diversity of opinions and experiences. It is essential for every citizen today to develop and engage with a diverse network of knowledgeable people in order to make sense of the world. Citizens also need somewhere to integrate their learning and get trusted advice.
There was almost universal agreement that people prefer to engage in communities, both online and in-person, rather than a conference, particularly ones that have a lot of vendors.
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A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum.
Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on. Her defiance has brought her backlash.
emJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry/em | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Although decades of research have shown the importance of neurobiological factors in the development of mental health problems in children and adolescents, the translation of this knowledge to use in...
This fear of overinterpretation of neurobiological data is real. The idea that neurobiological factors are mostly genetically determined, static, and insensitive to treatment is still lingering, despite overwhelming evidence for the plasticity of the brain, specifically during childhood and adolescence (Blakemore, 2023; Crone & Dahl, 2012; Kolb & Gibb, 2011). Both the study by Bellato et al. (2024) and Cortese et al. (2023) confirm that single biomarkers are not to be used as a stand-alone for making diagnoses in neurodevelopmental disorders. It seems justified to say that there is not, and never will be, a single biomarker or simple neurobiological test for any neurodevelopmental disorder that can be used as a “shortcut” for more extensive diagnostic assessments. This does not imply that neurobiological assessments are not useful, but that they should be used in combination with other measures to assist in the diagnosis, prediction, prognosis, and treatment of mental health conditions.
As becomes clear from these studies, neurodevelopmental problems should always be seen in the context of the environment, whether this is the family, peers or society at large.
Taken together, there is a need for more integration of neurobiological and environmental information in clinical.
Liminality: a Stunning Poem on Learning to Live with What Is. | elephant journal
Liminality So much of what we know Lives just below the surface. Half of a tree Spreads out beneath our feet. Living simultaneously in two worlds, Each half informing and nurturing The whole. A tree ...
what is becoming
A call for responsible AI that leads with care and imagination
Responsible AI must be considered more than a buzzword or a box to check; it is a commitment to developing transparent, equitable, and accountable technology.
As organizations with resources to shift how AI can be operationalized in this world, I want you to be better listeners first — to the community’s ‘why’ and needs — before they become part of your sales funnels.
Study casts doubt on ‘wokeness’ of US university courses
Analysis contradicts conservative claims that critical race theory has overtaken American campuses
The epistemic injustice of borderline personality disorder | BJPsych International | Cambridge Core
The epistemic injustice of borderline personality disorder
(10) How Gestalt... - Neurodivergent Parenting: Think Outside The Box | Facebook
How Gestalt Language Processing Impacts Learning--
and 4 Ways To Help....
(Or why my ADHD/ Autistic kid...
Prof, no one is reading you | The Straits Times
Many of the world's most talented thinkers may be university professors, but sadly most of them are not shaping today's public debates or influencing policies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Echolalia and Its Role in Gestalt Language Acquisition
Echolalia is the repetition of utterances produced by others. There are two types of echolalia—immediate and delayed.
Echolalia Articles | Dr. Barry M. Prizant
Let's CHAT about Hyperlexia: Gestalt Processing - CHAT
Many Hyperlexic Learners are gestalt processors meaning they "learn in chunks." See how we can use gestalt processing and memory skills to shape echolalia into functional communication!
In the context of hyperlexia, gestalt processing (sometimes referred to as gestalt philosophy or gestalt psychology) simply refers to learning in chunks. It is “top-down” processing often referred to with the adage, “the whole is more than the sum of its parts.” Research on gestalt processing is ongoing to determine its importance in learning and processing in all individuals. As of now, gestalt processing is thought to be an early stage of the learning process that all learners experience.
5 Surprising & Lesser Known Characteristics of Hyperlexia
A closer look at some of the lesser known hyperlexia "symptoms" and traits
Gestalt Learning & Hyperlexia: What Does it Mean to be a Gestalt Learner?
A look at gestalt learning in hyperlexia and what it means to be a gestalt learner
When it comes to gestalt learning, the whole is greater than all of its parts. So gestalt thinkers see the whole picture as more important than the individual pieces or components. Instead of learning one part at a time, they learn in chunks called gestalts.
Embracing gestalt language development as a fundamental neurodiversity-affirmative practice - Amanda Haydock, Louisa Harrison, Katy Baldwin, Kathy Leadbitter, 2024
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Language Processing Is the Scourge of My Autistic Life
Could monotropic language processing be the reason you are “rude?”
Applying the Neurodiversity Paradigm to ARFID — RDs for Neurodiversity
People with ARFID are all too often severely harmed when we do not apply the neurodiversity paradigm to this condition and instead pathologize it. As an eating disorder therapist, I have worked with quite a few individuals who have been forced to eat foods that cause intense sensory distress by thei
I firmly believe that as neurodiversity affirming eating disorder providers, we need to apply the neurodiversity paradigm to ARFID. The ways people move through and perceive the world involves eating; neurodiversity therefore means that there is no one right or wrong way to eat. Treating ARFID as a disorder inherently in need of treatment implies that it is abnormal and incorrect. Since the way we eat shapes so many aspects of our lives, adopting a pathological view of ARFID may also have the effect of implying that someone’s way of living and being more generally is wrong.
An Interview With Jack Dorsey
jack dorsey on his exit from bluesky, how twitter lost its way, jack’s strategy for ending
J.K. Rowling Used to Want to Debate Gender. Now She Just Insults Trans People
J.K. Rowling's diatribes about trans people on Twitter have completely taken over her timeline — and they're only getting worse.
Generative AI Is Totally Shameless. I Want to Be It
What I love, more than anything, is the quality that makes AI such a disaster: If it sees a space, it will fill it—with nonsense, with imagined fact, with links to fake websites. It is simply put: shameless.
Her speech using a voice app made history in Congress — and sparked a larger disability conversation
Some people with disabilities hailed Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s use of text-to-speech technology, but say there is work to be done to advance representation for those who communicate differently.
Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
The real cancel culture
In 2020, Bari Weiss quit her job as an editor and writer at the New York Times editorial page in a huff. In her public resignation letter, Weiss argued that she was forced out because the paper had become "illiberal" and her more conservative beliefs made her "the subject of constant bullying by colleagues."
9. Ethology
(April 19, 2010) Robert Sapolsky looks at the biology of behavior through the ethological lens: observing animals in various natural environments, in their o...
Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling
With few states tracking who is being homeschooled and what they are learning, an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a poor education or even abuse
What Rape Culture and Modesty Culture Have In Common
“As soon as a woman falls outside the standards of what is perceived as modest, those advocating modesty culture immediately join rape culture.”
Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime | The Review of Economics and Statistics | MIT Press
Abstract. This paper asks whether increasing public school funding can be an effective long-run crime-prevention strategy in the U.S. Specifically, we examine the effect of increases in funding early in children's lives on the likelihood that they are arrested as adults. We exploit quasi-experimental variation in public school funding, leveraging two natural experiments in Michigan and a novel administrative dataset linking the universe of Michigan public school students to adult criminal justice records. The first research design exploits variation in operating expenditures due to Michigan's 1994 school finance reform, Proposal A. The second design exploits variation in capital spending by leveraging close school district capital bond elections in a regression discontinuity framework. In both cases, we find that students exposed to additional funding during elementary school were substantially less likely to be arrested in adulthood. We show that the social benefits of increasing school funding are greater than the costs, even when considering only the crime-reducing benefits.
In both cases, we find that students exposed to additional funding during elementary school were substantially less likely to be arrested in adulthood. We show that the social benefits of increasing school funding are greater than the costs, even when considering only the crime-reducing benefits.
Positive Greetings at the Door: Evaluation of a Low-Cost, High-Yield Proactive Classroom Management Strategy - Clayton R. Cook, Aria Fiat, Madeline Larson, Christopher Daikos, Tal Slemrod, Elizabeth A. Holland, Andrew J. Thayer, Tyler Renshaw, 2018
Externalizing behavior is a significant concern among teachers. Teachers could benefit from incorporating proactive strategies to prevent problem behaviors and ...
Effects of Teacher Greetings on Student On-task Behavior
A multiple baseline design across participants was used to determine how teacher greetings affected on-task behavior of 3 middle school students with problem behaviors. Momentary time sampling was used to measure on-task behavior during the first 10 min ...