I found this and it tickled my funnybone. I use some TEDtalks in class (if you're not familiar see here). I thought TEDtalks were a relatively new, Web-enabled phenomenon. But, according to this website, a Timothy McSweeney has discovered that there have been TEDtalks throughout history, we just didn't see them without the Web. Here, … Continue reading TEDtalks in the Past
Day: January 21, 2011
Reality Check: Income
Our culture in the U.S. tends to over-estimate just how rich most people are. Hollywood TV shows and movie routinely show "middle class" families in houses that are anything but middle class. Our political rhetoric tends to do the same - witness last fall's arguments by Republicans that incomes of over $250,000 are actually just … Continue reading Reality Check: Income
