Articles Tagged with history

Greek tragedy

Published on November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Retained in translation

What comes across, and doesn’t, when we change languages.

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Old science fiction

Published on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The trouble with predictions

It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that.

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How much memory?

Published on October 8, 2019October 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Knowing vs. looking it up

Memorization is not the same as learning.  Still, it has its uses.

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At the fair

Published on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Art and historical economics

We try to place a pleasant weekend in context.

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Searching for a word

Published on September 24, 2019September 20, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

At the source

There are many things we should already have read.  Sometimes we get around to reading them.

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Winding an armature

Published on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Too much information

We encounter an example of a very modern problem.

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A long time

Published on September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changes

What is “permanent” depends on your point of view.

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Modern human adaptations

Published on June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changes in the design

The world changes.  Do we?

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Connecting the dots

Published on June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Simple can be hard

We try to learn a lesson from the Holy Roman Empire.

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Teaching to the test

Published on May 14, 2019May 12, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardization and its discontents

We face some of the dilemmas of test season.

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