Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Meme: Passion Quilt

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Okay, Miguel and Marion, I’m in. Here’s my entry for the Passion Quilt meme. The bottom portion of this image best captures what I most passionately want children to learn in school…

Image credit: Kathy Sierra, Crafting a User Experience

I’ll tag the following folks…

Barry Bachenheimer

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A vibrant, high-resolution image of a spiral galaxy with rich clusters of stars and interstellar dust, where most stars formed.

Starts With A Bang

What created more light: the Big Bang or stars?

The Universe has been creating stars for nearly all 13.8 billion years of its history. But those photons can’t match the Big Bang’s light.

Two hands piecing together a collage of illustrations including elements like the US Capitol dome, an American flag, a portion of the US Constitution, and an eye from a dollar bill against a blue background.

The Present

Americans don’t understand their government. They’re paying the price.

It’s a problem on both sides of the political divide.

Illustration of two human silhouettes facing each other with neural connections and nodes, featuring the text "BORN AND MADE" on a green background.

6 key abilities of strategic thinkers (you can learn them)

“I’m often asked: “Are great strategic thinkers born, or are they made?” And my answer is always yes. Like so many human capabilities, it’s a mixture of nature, nurture and experience.”

▸

7 min

—

with

Michael D. Watkins

Starts With A Bang

How to see the comet of the century from all over the world

Comet A3, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has sprung to life since 2024’s last equinox. Here’s how to catch the show for yourself.

Collage of scientific discovery elements including a portrait, butterfly, globe, molecular diagrams, a tree diagram, and a hand holding a test tube against a plain background.

Hard Science

Is discovery inevitable or serendipitous?

Are breakthroughs really a matter of chance, or are they simply waiting to be uncovered by the right person at the right time?

Up Next

Guest Thinkers

Data done right

[cross-posted at eduwonkette; see also her response] When eduwonkette asked me to guest blog about data-driven decision-making in schools, I eagerly agreed. Why? Because in my work with numerous school […]