Update: my publications in Education
I’ve updated the Education page to include recent publications, lectures, and posts.
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The Most Important Artist of the Century [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “A survey asked our generation’s leading artists and critics to identify the most influential artist of the twentieth century. Who won? If you guessed Pablo Picasso — nice try, but he came in second. “Before identifying the survey’s winner, let’s ask why it matters who topped the
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Quem realmente deseja resolver o problema da pobreza?
Deixe-me compartilhar contigo o número mais impressionante de nossa geração: 600 milhões. Esse é o número de pessoas que foram retiradas da pobreza extrema nos últimos 25 anos. Nunca antes na história tantas pessoas alcançaram um nível mínimo de conforto. A linha de pobreza é uma questão controversa, já que não há consenso universalmente aceito,
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PanAm Post interview by Belén Marty — Spanish, Portuguese, and English versions
In Buenos Aires, I was interviewed by journalist Belén Marty for the PanAm Post. The theme was populism, postmodernism, and politics, as captured in the title “Populism Succeeds Where Education Fails.” Here are the interview’s original Spanish and English versions, and the interview has now also been translated into Portuguese by Adriel Santana.
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Do We Really Live in a World of Scarce Resources? [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “You’ve likely heard the Bad News: we are supposed to be running out of resources. As a result you are sometimes asked: Will you continue use up resources selfishly — or are you willing to make sacrifices? Possibly you individually are a person of selfless virtue, but how likely
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At the site of Aristotle’s Lyceum in Athens
The site was only recently discovered but unfortunately was not open to hoi polloi when I was there. Hence these two through-the-fence shots: The site is on the east side of Rigillis Street, about a kilometer east of the Acropolis. It’s just south of the Byzantine Museum and a neo-classical building that apparently serves a
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My Kaizen interview with Argentine entrepreneur Billy Yeatts
This interview could be subtitled Entrepreneurship from Buenos Aires to Tierra del Fuego to Houston and Bolivia and more. Guillermo “Billy” Yeatts has had a colorful career, first working as an analyst for Citibank in New York and an executive for Ford in Detroit and Massey Ferguson in Argentina before launching his own entrepreneurial businesses
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Levando os artistas modernos ao pé da letra
Você pode ter notado que as coisas no mundo da arte estão um pouco, bem, fora do lugar. Entre os artistas que mais ouvimos falar hoje estão a “garota-vômito”, também conhecida como Millie Brown, que bebe leite de soja com corantes e o vomita na tela. Ou Jeff Koons, que recebe milhões por objetos intencionalmente
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