Famed Bongo player Richard Feynman was also a highly acclaimed Theoretical Physicist and Nobel laureate.
Many Workers Seen Lacking Skills for New Jobs
WALL STREET JOURNAL | BY JOSEPH DE AVILA
New York state is poised to generate one million new middle-skills jobs in industries like health care and transportation over the next seven years. But the state is also facing a shortage of qualified workers who can fill those positions, according to a new report.
Way Too Much of a Good Thing
STANFORD MAGAZINE
It’s not hard to find examples of obsessive online activity, but it can be difficult to map the spectrum between what’s essentially harmless and what’s alarmingly pathological. The simple time-sucks—things like compulsive texting, the mastery of Angry Birds or incessant Facebook posting (“well, it’s Thursday again; I guess I saw this coming!”)—nonetheless can interfere with daily living and relationships.
Gormless graduates need more time at the university of life? They lack basic workplace skills claims study
BY DAILY MAIL REPORTER
NONE OF THE ABOVE
THE NEW YORKER | BOOK REVIEW BY MALCOM GLADWELL
Problem Solving: Complexity, History, Sustainability
U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE | BY JOSEPH A. TAINTER
The factors that lead to long-term success or failure in problem solving have received little attention, so that this fundamental activity is poorly understood. The capacity of institutions to solve problems changes over time, suggesting that a science of problem solving, and thus a science of sustainability, must be historical.
