A friend once suggested that we should remove the writings of Robert Kiyosaki from the George Wythe University curriculum. When I asked him why, he said that Kiyosaki’s books contain a number of errors. “Do the writings of Marx contain errors?” I responded. “Well, yes,” he admitted. “What about the writings of Freud, or Dewey?” He … [Read more...]
Reconnecting With True & Effective Education
August 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In recent years we have seen a domino effect of compounding crises, one following another. Behind each crisis is a history — a series of causal events and circumstances that made the crisis inevitable. Our failure to recognize the common root cause makes it unlikely that effective solutions will ever be put in place to free us from this … [Read more...]
Part V: 21st Century Leaders Must Think Biologically in 7 Areas
August 3, 2009 by 4 Comments
This is the conclusion of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Read Part IV Here The mothers, fathers, entrepreneurs, social leaders, social entrepreneurs, community leaders and national and world statesmen of the 21st Century need to think biologically. They … [Read more...]
Part IV: Preparing for the Biology Age Through Education
August 2, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part four of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here Read Part III Here Indeed, the statesmen and social leaders of our generation will face a host of challenges unimagined by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Gandhi, Churchill, or Mother Teresa. Which is why we must be better … [Read more...]
Part III: The Ramifications of Bio-Engineering & Bio-Mathematics
August 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is part three of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here Read Part II Here The ideas and developments I highlighted in the last article may all seem impossible, or at least impractical. But listen to Dr. Rodney Brooks, MIT Professor and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. He … [Read more...]
Part II: 8 Sub-Trends in the Shift from the Information Age to the Biology Age
July 31, 2009 by 3 Comments
This is part two of a five-part article entitled Biology: Not a Science Anymore. Read Part I Here There are at least eight sub-trends of the overarching shift from the Information Age to the Biology Age [1]. Each is significant, each is currently increasing its power, and each must be understood by the statesmen and social leaders of our … [Read more...]
Biology: Not a Science Anymore, Part I
July 30, 2009 by 1 Comment
This is part one of a five-part article. Subsequent parts will be published daily. On the morning of September 11, 2001, biology stopped being a science. For that matter, so did physics and mathematics, but our focus here is on biology. Historically, the great philosophers and thinkers divided knowledge into four major branches: First, the … [Read more...]
The Calm Before the Storm
July 29, 2009 by 1 Comment
Years ago I moderated a discussion about the writings of John Adams and how much we need to apply today the things he taught more than two centuries ago. One of the participants asked poignantly, “So what do we DO about all this?” Others expressed similar concerns: Theory is okay, but what can really be done to impact society the way the … [Read more...]
Leadership in a Fourth Turning
April 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In 1997, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe unveiled the book of the century, rather for the coming century entitled, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy –- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny. The Fourth Turning predicted 9/11. It predicted the real estate bubble, the banking bubble, the … [Read more...]
