by mariawidmer | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog
SuperBetter
Reviewed by Maria Widmer
Details: SuperBetter LLC, Sep 16, 2015, iOS 8.0 or later Cost: Free
Review: The SuperBetter app, based on Jane McGonigal’s book of the same name, helps users to increase their resilience and improve their mental health by...
by mariawidmer | Jun 11, 2016 | Blog, LDT 505
“I think he decided very young to write his own life story. I think he decided that he would not be ever disempowered. Not his race, not his place, not the expectations of others whether positive or negative would strip from him the power to write his own...
by mariawidmer | Jun 4, 2016 | Blog, LDT 505
The nature or nurture binary is bunk. At best, it asks for a facile choice between what are essentially complementary mechanisms of brain and behavior. At worst, it’s a model that strips an individual of agency, forcing a fixed mindset that hinders self-directed...
by mariawidmer | May 30, 2016 | Blog
Motion efficiency study by Frank Gilbreth, c. 1914. Collection: National Museum of American History The Shift to Syncretism The industrial spirit of the 20th century prized efficiency, predictability, and optimization above all. In this cultural landscape, the...
by mariawidmer | May 28, 2016 | Blog, LDT 505
“It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind…”(Saxe, J. G., 1873) The Tale of the Elephant Designing an effective learning...
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