Most of what matters in technology arrives quietly. Not with a keynote. Not with a countdown clock and a curtain… Read more
Category: Education
Adaptation, the Fourth Moat: Learning Without Losing Ourselves
Consider a man like Marcus, who teaches automotive technology at a regional career center in central Ohio. He has been… Read more
The Graduation Promise and the Adjunct Reality
Three years ago, I wrote an article called “AI and the Adjuncts: The Converging Trends Reshaping Higher Education.” At the… Read more
Craft, the Third Moat: Done Is Easy, Good Is the Moat
Earl walks the apron at 5:47 in the morning, before most of the airport is awake. He has worked for… Read more
The 7 Moats: Moat #1 – Judgment, The First Human Advantage
At 4:17 in the morning, the medical ICU is quiet except for the soft chirp of monitors and the hush… Read more
What Still Works in America: The Seven Moats Season 3, Article 1: The Frame
There is a woman named Renee who has worked as a unit secretary at a regional hospital for nineteen years…. Read more
The Price of Being Seen: How Open Access Publishing Is Sorting American Science
A recent LinkedIn post by Dr. Jillian Goldfarb called attention to an invoice most of us never see. She had… Read more
Mapping the Mechanics of Power: A New Civic Tool for Midterms
Democracy is one of the most discussed subjects in American public life and one of the least examined. Citizens are… Read more
The Things That Still Work and the People Who Keep Them Working
There are moments in a long project when it is worth pausing to look around and take stock of who… Read more
The Show Must Still Go On
Every generation is convinced that the arts are in decline. People say nobody goes to plays anymore. Nobody listens to… Read more