When I talk to young people I tell them if by the time they are forty years old when they look in the mirror if they don’t see their best teacher they did something wrong. I’m not going to sell math short and I agree with the emphasis put on STEM but reading is far and away the most important academic skill. Basically, if you can read you can teach yourself almost anything. Continue reading Last Minute Gift? Give Knowledge
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Thought Provoking
Books can make you do a lot of things. One of best things they can do is to make you think. With that in mind, let’s explore. Continue reading Thought Provoking
SPECIAL NOTICE – RECOMMENDED READING ADDITION
I just added Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline by Darrell Brickner and John Ibbitson to the Recommended Reading Section. Their well supported theory is that the global population will continue to rise for a short period of time, then level off and eventually decline.
If they are correct it will have a major impact on the world in terms of wars, the severity and therefore impact of climate change, famine, geo-politics, migration and the global economy. The winners in this will be the countries that have the optimal immigration policies for their situation.