via The Atlantic:
The End of College Life
by Ian Bogost
published on March 30, 2025
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The death of dogma is the birth of morality.
~ Immanuel Kant
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Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Soundtrack Atomic Blonde)
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Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers or detectives, they study the case for which they are retained.
~ George Santayana
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Michael Erik Kurilla – United States Army general who was appointed the 15th commander of United States Central Command – was born on this day – May 16, 1962.
General Kurilla holds an aerospace engineering degree from the United States Military Academy. Additionally, he earned an MBA at Regis University as well as a masters in national security studies from the National War College.
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Decades into a digital revolution that will make lifelong work in any single sector rare, we need dynamism—not status quo–ism—in higher education. In our knowledge-intensive economy, we will need an ever-expanding, highly educated workforce. As important, we will need a broader base of wise, gritty learners. We cannot build what we need if we assume that the developmental experience of every 20-year-old will be the same.
~ Ben Sasse via The Atlantic
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Krist Novoselic — the American musician and activist who co-founded Nirvana — was born on this day — May 16, 1965 — in Compton, California.
Novoselic holds a BSc in social sciences from Washington State University.
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