coldhearted scientist وداد

The connection between belief in truth, confidence, direction and purpose (you need the first to have the other three)

06/02/2018

I am up to auto-psycho-radiography again, because of the confirmation that one should think of one’s days in terms of defining and acting on priorities, not of “time management.” Actual priorities, however, are not always easy to discern. One has the priorities one thinks one should have, and the ones one does have (and acts … More The connection between belief in truth, confidence, direction and purpose (you need the first to have the other three)

Instructions for the Moodle gradebook

06/02/2018

I do not understand: The thing you want is buried deep in categories. I don’t know of a way to set percentage directly but you can put points on the category itself and Moodle will calculate percentages from that. Once you’ve set the category, then click on the settings for that category and set the … More Instructions for the Moodle gradebook

I told you it was not time management

05/02/2018

It is management of priorities, and thus of self. I told you so, I told you so, I told you so. From the article: What matters now? (People change in time, so it’s natural that priorities change in time, as well. Make sure you’re not acting on yesteryear’s priorities just because you had them last … More I told you it was not time management

The notes, the notes

04/02/2018

I am trying hard to clear my workspace. It always looks neat but that is deceptive since the files and books are not fully organized; part of my block involves not knowing where things are, or not having them at hand. The current revolution has been enabled by my purchase of a new bookcase. I … More The notes, the notes

Matt Pettway

04/02/2018

This is a podcast I like, and it is right on topic for me. Axé.

Cornelius Castoriadis

04/02/2018

Another of the 1992 photocopies I am recycling is a famous article by Cornelius Castoriadis: The Retreat from Autonomy: Post-Modernism as Generalized Conformism. I had it, of course, because there was no Internet; it is a left critique of postmodernism and Castoriadis has, in general, a great deal to say about subjectivity, the formation of … More Cornelius Castoriadis

Third world intellectuals and metropolitan culture, et des idées

03/02/2018

1/ In the 80s, I was always very taken with Said because he would talk about things my Comparative Literature program would not. I liked the articles “Third World Intellectuals and Metropolitan Culture”, “Travelling Theory,” and other things in Raritan; I liked things in Salmagundi. I should think about this, the fact that these photocopies … More Third world intellectuals and metropolitan culture, et des idées

What I will do

01/02/2018

This is not the kind of goals list that is recommended. One is supposed to have writing or creative goals isolated, but that presupposes that things in the background, are in the background. I have lived like that, too. But my list of goals has to do with looking beyond what is absolutely necessary on … More What I will do

Things to read

28/01/2018

J. E. Pacheco, Morirás lejos. On James Mill, progressive versus traditional education, and charter schools. The other Foucault — what led him to politics? Crackeros, novelists I should read. I want to read but first I need to calm down. I don’t feel calm in small towns. I’d also like to live somewhere with bookstores, … More Things to read

The idea of houses

27/01/2018

I sold my earrings at the gold store to buy a silver ring in the market. I swapped that for old ink and a black notebook. This was before I forgot my pages on the seat of a train that was supposed to take me home. Whenever I arrived in a city, it seemed my … More The idea of houses

Writing in Memory of Paulo Freire