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Learning in traffic
The microlearning revolution
Two years ago I loaded Duolingo on to my phone to learn a few sentences of conversational Spanish before a holiday.
Read moreThe ugly truth about ‘pretty privilege
In 1889, legendary Russian writer Leo Tolstoy said, “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness” (Kreutzer Sonata).
06.2021 | Tiffany Markman
Tit for Tatt and the vampire bat
If you’re familiar with the expression “nice guys finish last” you’ve probably considered whether it’s true, and wondered if you should be meaner.
06.2021 | Jon Stilwell
Rocnation? What’s that in English?
NOT long after Siya Kolisi became the Springboks’ first black captain in 2018, the Gwijo Squad – a passionate and particularly vocal group of young black professionals who revived an old tradition of singing Xhosa songs at sporting events – factored his name into the lyrics of an old favourite.
06.2021 | Simnikiwe Xabanisa
Resilience Part 1: Shellshock and Snowflakes
“You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.”
05.2021 | Nicole Wills
Bowling alleys and social capital
You might ask what bowling alleys have to do with social cohesion? Or even what relationship exists between individual health predictors and membership in a book club?
05.2021 | Kim Segel
Considering the origins of this activist byword, has it been diluted into mere online slang by mainstream use?
Do you consider yourself to be woke? If you do, you probably know that this term for being enlightened or aware, particularly about racism and social justice, is a political byword of African-American origin.
04.2021 | Tiffany Markman
Can IQ determine your quality of life
In a previous article the ubiquitous presence of online IQ testing was both noted and questioned. The obvious conclusions were that the validity of any findings are likely to be less than entirely accurate
04.2021 | Alistair Duff
The 4th Industrial Revolution Series: The Robots are NOT coming
When the short stocky man in the front row started to shout at me, I was horrified. He waved his hands as he growled in a deep voice. He blamed me for “this Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
04.2021 | Barry Dwolatzky
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