by Leroy Hurt | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider and Dana Goldstein: According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, only about one-third of all American charity–from individuals, foundations, and corporations–directly serves the poor, either within the United States...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Arts & Letters Daily and The New Atlantis: The temptation to overreach, however, seems increasingly indulged today in discussions about science. Both in the work of professional philosophers and in popular writings by natural scientists, it is frequently...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Arts & Letters Daily and NewStatesman: Like every other era, the internet age has its own class of booster gurus. They are the “cybertheorists”, embedded reporters of the social network, dreaming of a perfectible electronic future and handing down oracular...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Arts & Letters Daily and NY Times: MoMath is not what you might expect. At first you might not even guess its subject. There are a few giveaways, particularly if you recognize the symbol for pi on the door or discover the pentagonal sinks in the bathrooms....
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Via Arts & Letters Daily and NY Review of Books: It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused. A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of...
