Stephen Downes

Information about one of the authors cited in the OLDaily newsletter

Contributes to

Brain Pickings
Attempting to format feed but no record ID provided.The Marginalian

Recent Posts

Why Time Slows Down When We’re Afraid, Speeds Up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Conversation
Uncovered Gem: Marshall McLuhan's Global Village
Hume at 300: Timeless Philosophy for Timely Thinking
The Dawn of Computer Music: A PBS Segment from 1986
Letters to Children from Cultural Icons on the Love of Libraries
Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Network: The Secret Life of Your Personal Data, Animated
Six Famous Thought Experiments, Animated in 60 Seconds Each
Women in Science: Einstein’s Advice to a Little Girl Who Wants to Be a Scientist
Portraits of Schoolchildren in Classrooms Taken Around the World
David Byrne on How Music and Creativity Work
The Science of “Intuition”
The Most Valiant Way to Complain Is to Create: William Blake and the Stubborn Courage of the Unexampled