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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Crowdfunding and risk
I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, that idea put forward by websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo that allows people with ideas to connect with groups of people interested in their idea to help fund it. I’ve helped fund a few ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Life, Making, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Society
Tagged crowdfunding, failure, ideas, Reality, success
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Non-industrial farming as a vow of poverty
I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day that included the idea that the other person would be interested in farming as a career except for the vow of poverty. At the time, I laughed, and I still … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Philosophy
Tagged challenges, Choices, contentment, Farming, poverty
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Science and Technology: The science of do as I say
For whatever reason, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about science recently, especially as it applies to getting kids interested in science and keeping them interested. One of the points I keep coming back to in this thinking is how often science is sold to kids in a very narrow and limited view of […] Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science and Technology
Tagged ideas, kids, preconceptions, science, technology
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