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UACFSF: Mark Tapscott on working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSF, https://www.hillfaith.org/Mark Tapscott of HillFaith dropped in on us via Zoom on 2/25 to tell us about his ministry to Capitol Hill staff. Among other things, he leads a...

UACFSF: God’s intervention in life and history

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSFAt our 2/18 meeting, we learned how Daniel, in Daniel 2:19-23, acknowledged God's intervention in life and history. Some points to ponder: God alone possesses wisdom and...

UACFSF: Breaking out of closed systems

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSFHere are notes from our meeting on 2/4 about Daniel 2: Speaking of divine inputs, we might not have the vision Daniel had, but we still receive divine inputs for our...

Adjunct blues

Via a friend on Facebook and The Guardian: …as an adjunct professor, whether teaching undergraduate or law-school courses, I make much less than a pet-sitter earns. Click the link to see more: I am an adjunct professor who teaches five classes. I earn less than a...

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Adjunct blues

Via a friend on Facebook and The Guardian: …as an adjunct professor, whether teaching undergraduate or law-school courses, I make much less than a pet-sitter earns. Click the link to see more: I am an adjunct professor who teaches five classes. I earn less than a...

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Kent Brockman on Unemployment

Via TCS Daily: What kinds of jobs would survive? Two kinds, I think. The obvious kinds are those needing the human touch…I suspect that a lot of jobs that could theoretically be taken by machines won't be, because people will still prefer the human version…But how...

A Harvard Economist’s Surprisingly Simple Productivity Secret

Via LinkedIn: …time isn't the problem, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. The ultimate barrier to success is a shortage of mental "bandwidth," or the ability to focus on a task in the moment. Mullainathan's research focuses on scarcity, and how humans...

A Harvard Economist’s Surprisingly Simple Productivity Secret

Via LinkedIn: …time isn't the problem, says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan. The ultimate barrier to success is a shortage of mental "bandwidth," or the ability to focus on a task in the moment. Mullainathan's research focuses on scarcity, and how humans...

Berners-Lee: Forces Are ‘Trying To Take Control’ Of The Internet

Via Business Insider: The inventor of the World Wide Web said the internet is facing a “major” threat from “people who want to control it on the sly” through “worrying laws” such as SOPA, the US anti-piracy act, and through the actions of internet giants. “If you can...

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