Distractions
May. 27th, 2004 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jrisingIt's tough to tear one's eyes from the world, which appears to have accelerated its frantic move toward hell (climate change, oil shortages, ID barrages, and an imminent draft). With Claudia away (2 weeks), my solution is to bury myself in work and reading.
I recently put together a syllabus for a course in Human Systems Dynamics, and I'm looking for feedback or additional pointers. Read the PDF and reply! A syllabus for an Artificial Intelligence Workshop is on the way.
Like one LJ friend, I recently started my first Philip K. Dick (Do Androids...?). The first few days I tried to read single chapters only between studying my other two current books: a pre-mammoths-and-angels version of The Way Things Work (I've been curious), and my Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors (with which it looks like I'll be able to do about anything). Damn SciFi for being so much more engaging than the books I should be reading. I should be done by tomorrow.
I recently put together a syllabus for a course in Human Systems Dynamics, and I'm looking for feedback or additional pointers. Read the PDF and reply! A syllabus for an Artificial Intelligence Workshop is on the way.
Like one LJ friend, I recently started my first Philip K. Dick (Do Androids...?). The first few days I tried to read single chapters only between studying my other two current books: a pre-mammoths-and-angels version of The Way Things Work (I've been curious), and my Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors (with which it looks like I'll be able to do about anything). Damn SciFi for being so much more engaging than the books I should be reading. I should be done by tomorrow.
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Date: 2004-05-27 03:19 pm (UTC)I just put you down as a Potential "remember to ask these people if they're interested after syllabus is done" Speaker.
> It looks like a hoot, but I'm dubious about how much one can get out of many of those topics treating them so briefly.
I am worried it's too much. I could easily make this a 9 or 12 unit class (3 or 4 credits, Olin-speak), but as an experimental class, I think I can start small and go for breadth rather than depth.
Besides, it's the ways of thinking that count. The topics are just excuses to talk about underlying themes. Perhaps what I need to do is clearly define what those themes are, and create a mapping of several readings to each theme.
> ("Practice NLP on your friends." *snrk* :)
Thanks for noticing! Some time, when I know how, I need to run a seminar: "Program you friends-- for fun and profit!" Or maybe "How to Win Followers and Manipulate People".