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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The bottom line is that if you give somebody a standardized test when they are 13 or 18, you will learn something important about them, but not necessarily whether they will flourish in life, nor necessarily whether they will contribute usefully to society’s greater good. Intelligence is not the same as effectiveness.
~ David Brooks
via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic
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via The New York Times:
The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
by Kashmir Hill
published on February 3, 2025
“When ChatGPT was released at the end of 2022, it caused a panic at all levels of education because it made cheating incredibly easy. Students who were asked to write a history paper or literary analysis could have the tool do it in mere seconds. Some schools banned it while others deployed A.I. detection services, despite concerns about their accuracy.”
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Jasper Johns – the American painter whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art – was born on this day – May 15, 1930 – in Augusta, Georgia.
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Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart – Would I Lie to You? (Official Video)
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Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in art, in music, in poetry, in mathematics, or philosophy.
~ John Steinbeck
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