Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to
know one’s self.
—Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Improved Almanack (1750)

“Our brains continually search for discrepancies and seek to resolve them” and this is the foundation of #learning

Little of human interaction can be traced to a starting point. We all bring our history and contingencies with us always. To think one can start from a blank slate is to deny reality.

“To judge well, to comprehend well, to reason well, these are the essential activities of intelligence.”
Alfred Binet

One wonders what Binet would say about AI.

Those skills that make one successful in school (say solving math problems quickly) are often useless in adult life (say solving unsolved math problems).

We are dismissing your ideas because they have been rejected for a very long time, not because you are being treated unfairly.

“The cure for the misuse of science is not censorship, but clearer explanations, vigorous debates, and making science accessible to everyone.” -Carl Sagan

“They passed the exam” is not a worthy goal, except in fields with certification exams. Those exams are gateway experiences, not culminating experiences.

“When they do adopt the technology, productivity goes down, and it can be one or two decades before they realize the benefits.” Refers to most any technology and business.

A blog post with audio:
https://buff.ly/41oagGW

“What gave Homo sapiens an edge over all other animals and turned us into masters of the planet was not our individual rationality but our unparalleled ability to think in groups.” -Yuval Noah Harari

“Human stupidity is one of the most important forces in history, yet we often tend to discount it.” -Yuval Noah Harari

A blog post on data sources for data analytics students:
https://buff.ly/4bmRAfC https://buff.ly/4bmRAfC

“Not only rationality, but individuality too is a myth. Humans rarely think for themselves.” -Yuval Noah Harari

“Human stupidity is one of the most important forces in history, yet we often tend to discount it.” -Yuval Noah Harari

If all communication, including government communication is electronic, do citizens have a right to electricity and devices to access it?

Yes.

Must if your data is late and wrong. Once you understand that fact, you can use it well.

Some questions are answered without ever being asked. Those answers are among the most dangerous.

See those changes looming? Yeah... you can’t stop them.

A blog post on bias in decision -making, focused on AI.
https://buff.ly/3QzVhVs