Berkeley

Speaking of Branding and Brand Names in Chapter 17 Naomi Klein hits on the branding that takes place on campus’.

Nike, McDonald’s & Pepsi – Infiltrating the campus’ and the students turning it around, in turn making Pepsi the “Poster Corporation for their campus Free Burma movement.”

Things have evolved.

We have other issues arising which will not be spotted as easily.  “The Corporations” learn. 

And remember the ‘Public’ institutions where you achieve your academic success have balance sheets to keep in check as well.  Professors to pay $300k a year to keep on the roster at UCLA and sweaters and bumper stickers and an Image that you pay for.  For Profit Colleges Boom and I think … Well, what makes more sense, pushing a taxable industry or supporting an expense?   Is there more behind why college tuition is rising? 

Now there is a lot behind a name, and a lot of opportunity to follow when seeking employment to pay off debt used to acquire an education.  But shouldn’t we ask what is the ‘end’ we are looking for?  If we go to places of higher education, thinking outside of the box and stimulation of intellect, shouldn’t that be what is happening?  Or is the real end a Job, that pays well, with a Pedigree to hang on the wall?  I for some reason don’t see a lecture hall with 200 other students in it as an appropriate place to fire off inquisitive questions for the stimulation of curious and investigative thought, learning how to think. 

Selling High Priced Vocational Schools. 

(In a meeting recently one gentleman’s idea is to turn California’s Community Colleges into pure vocational schools… So what are they now?)

“So, what are you majoring in?”

 ~ “I’m going to school to become a __Insert JOB title Here__ (Dr. – Lawyer – Psych – Eng – Nurse)”

Educational Facilities are not for the Sake of Education.

What Are YOU Buying?

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Jonah Lehrer – How We Decide

jonahlehrer.com/books

The Balance between Emotion and Logic.

Fora TV – Interview w/ Jonah Lehrer

Chapter 10 on Epiphany’s is interesting.

gregor.us

Chapter 10 on Gregors Blog.

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Malcolm Gladwell

gladwell.com – From here you can get Snippets of his works listed below.

- The New Yorker Archive

Archive of Gladwell’s Works from the New Yorker.

- The Tipping Point

The Straw that Breaks the Camels back, creating landslide reactions.

- Outliers

“An “Outlier” is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience.”

- Blink

Rapid Cognition and how it works.

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Piet Hein – Grooks (or Gruks)

Piet Hein Wiki

Piet Hein was friends with Niels Bohr, a Nobel Prize winning physicist.  He wrote Grooks during the Nazi occupation when he was a resistance leader.  They allowed Danes to communicate “About what really mattered in a range just beyond German understanding and several octaves beyond Nazi sensitivities.  This play of multiple meanings survives…” ~ back cover of Grooks 1967 – The M.I.T. Press Cambridge, Ma 02142

Read Some Grooks Here

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Rogers – Diffusion of Innovations 4th or 5th ed.

Diffusion of Innovations Wiki

- “is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures.”

Buy Diffusion of Innovations here

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Democrats: Pro – Abortion

Republicans: Anti – Abortion

Republicans: Pro – Capital Punishment / Death Penalty

Democrats: Anti – Capital Punishment / Death Penalty

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Forgive me for not understanding.

But

Either Way Someone Dies…. ?

It is Accomplishable

- Do Not Give Up  -

1. When the goalie has been chosen, the Smalltown Bluebirds hockey team has a starting lineup that is selected from two groups:

First Group: John, Dexter, Bart, Erwin
Second Group: Leanne, Roger, George, Marlene, Patricia

When deciding on the players in the lineup, the coach considers the following requirements:

Two players are always chosen from the first group, while three are chosen from the second group.
George will only start if Bart also starts.
Dexter and Bart will not start together.
If George starts, Marlene won’t start.
The 4 fastest players are: John, Bart, George and Patricia
3 of the 4 fastest players will always be chosen.

If George is in the starting lineup, who must also start?

A. Marlene or John
B. Dexter or Leanne
C. Dexter or John
D. John or Patricia
E. Marlene or Roger

2. When the goalie has been chosen, the Smalltown Bluebirds hockey team has a starting lineup that is selected from two groups:

First Group: John, Dexter, Bart, Erwin
Second Group: Leanne, Roger, George, Marlene, Patricia

When deciding on the players in the lineup, the coach considers the following requirements:

Two players are always chosen from the first group, while three are chosen from the second group.
George will only start if Bart also starts.
Dexter and Bart will not start together.
If George starts, Marlene won’t start.
The 4 fastest players are: John, Bart, George and Patricia
3 of the 4 fastest players will always be chosen.

Which of the following pairs cannot start together?

A. Erwin and Dexter
B. George and John
C. Roger and John
D. John and Bart
E. Patricia and Marlene

3. When the goalie has been chosen, the Smalltown Bluebirds hockey team has a starting lineup that is selected from two groups:

First Group: John, Dexter, Bart, Erwin
Second Group: Leanne, Roger, George, Marlene, Patricia

When deciding on the players in the lineup, the coach considers the following requirements:

Two players are always chosen from the first group, while three are chosen from the second group.
George will only start if Bart also starts.
Dexter and Bart will not start together.
If George starts, Marlene won’t start.
The 4 fastest players are: John, Bart, George and Patricia
3 of the 4 fastest players will always be chosen.

If Marlene is on the starting lineup, which of the following players will be the first group players who will also be starting?

A. John
B. John and Dexter
C. John and Bart
D. John, Dexter and Bart
E. John, Erwin and Bart

4. When the goalie has been chosen, the Smalltown Bluebirds hockey team has a starting lineup that is selected from two groups:

First Group: John, Dexter, Bart, Erwin
Second Group: Leanne, Roger, George, Marlene, Patricia

When deciding on the players in the lineup, the coach considers the following requirements:

Two players are always chosen from the first group, while three are chosen from the second group.
George will only start if Bart also starts.
Dexter and Bart will not start together.
If George starts, Marlene won’t start.
The 4 fastest players are: John, Bart, George and Patricia
3 of the 4 fastest players will always be chosen.

Of the following hockey players, who must start?

A. Patricia
B. John
C. George
D. Marlene
E. Bart

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