by jstewardfree | Jan 24, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates
Students can make class more engaging and profitable. Acclaimed Georgetown Professor James Schall has written up the gameplan. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT POINTS. Sign in to the course here to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for...
by jstewardfree | Jan 19, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates, Grey Matter
There is this beautifully animated video acting out a well articulated section of Dr Brené Brown’s lecture on the difference between an empathetic and a sympathetic response from the RSA. The video (see below) neatly wraps up a difficult subject to pinpoint the...
by jstewardfree | Jan 17, 2015 | Course and Scholarship Updates
We hear a great deal about “progress” in our day, but are things on the whole getting better? By what measure can we judge the answer to this question? Think about this basic question with other free thinking people. AVERAGE TIME: 2 HOURS. 1,000 IMPACT...
by jstewardfree | Jan 14, 2015 | Grey Matter
Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD....
by jstewardfree | Jan 12, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Prof Jack Lewis | Democracy works when most of the people, most of the time, choose to obey the law. Religious freedom in America is not about being free from religion, but being freed from a particular religious mandate. Watch as Harvard Business School...
