OBSERVATION (advertising) Advertising amounts to the battle over weak minds. keywords: [hoi polloi] [publicity] [propaganda] [public opinion]

France brought her, but to deceive her. Bereft, she left, via cleaver. keywords: [Sic transit gloria mundi.] [death] [execution] [poem] [poetry] [guillotine] [national razor]

If America can claim the moon, then the Indians can claim America. keywords: [Tu quoque.] [politics] [mining] [space war]

If something has low entropy (i.e., high structure), then it has low altitude (e.g., on the ground, or floor) only if it is supporting a process (e.g., construction materials lying on the ground for a building, vegetables lying on the floor next to the stove for a dish in preparation). keywords: [General Systems Theory] [reciprocity] … Continue reading OBSERVATION (implied processes) →

The reason that mathematics (especially algebra) is so unpopular with students is that it is process-oriented (if done correctly), whereas students are encouraged in all other venues to be procedurally-oriented. (If mathematics-teaching succumbs and gives way to being procedurally-oriented, it quickly runs into a wall, and can make no further headway of permanent utility.) keywords: … Continue reading OBSERVATION (unpopularity of studying mathematics) →

Memories are for those with no future. keywords: [point of view] [perspective] [prospects] [living in the past]

Here’s the link. keywords: [tea party] [flying saucers] [currency exchange]

Just as hedge-fund managers have to do better than the market, so also do teachers have to do better than the world. keywords: [job-performance] [results] [work] [evaluation]

When Santa delivers: in the Nick of time. keywords: [speed] [delivery] [just in time]

Definition: To go deep means to shift from a predominantly procedural orientation to a predominantly process orientation. keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory] [point of view] [progress] [advancement] [continuous improvement] [crisis] [emergency] [rescue]