Tag: reading in 2016
A Baker’s Dozen: Most Enjoyable Reads of 2016
Reviewing the books read or re-read in 2016, I chose the thirteen most satisfying. In other words, I reflected on how much stimulation and pleasure […]
My #reading November 2016
When the Europeans arrived in the Sydney region, writes Aboriginal activist and elder Burnum Burnum, ‘they landed in the middle of a huge art gallery’. […]
My #reading October 2016
The upgrading of humans into gods may follow any of three paths: biological engineering, cyborg engineering and the engineering of non-organic beings. …in an upgraded […]
My #reading September 2016
“I came to the realisation that there was a major disconnect between leadership and teaching, and between teaching and learning. I realised I needed to […]
My #reading: August 2016
The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work by Mats Alvesson, André Spicer “Our thesis in this book is that many organisations […]
My #reading: July 2016
Historians indeed hope that their books might entwine intimately with the lives of their readers and that their histories may sit on bedside tables ready […]
My #reading: June 2016
“This is to be a sort of diary or book of notes. When I have finished filling these pages, I shall burn them. But if […]
My #reading: May 2016
Schopenhauer argued that the best books deserved two readings. The second allowed for finer, more reflective interpretations, as the beginning was read in light of […]
My #reading April 2016
Every day I work on the edit of my book. I slog away, shifting chunks of material and moving them back, eating my salad in […]
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My #reading December 2016
Why shouldn’t we separate children as young as seven or eight into two groups: those few children who are “gifted and talented” and the many, […]