The Trivium Method is a methodology of learning how to learn and learning how to think, much like other methodologies such as the scientific method. Trivium means three paths or ways, or the place where three roads meet.
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The Wildlife Trust calls for every child to have one-hour in nature each day. The Trust recently constructed a report on how nature nurtures children. The study focused on over 450 primary school children and how nature activities affected their well being. It revealed that children’s well being increased after spending time connecting with nature. Statistics showed that after their activities…
- 79% of children felt more confident in themselves after spending time in nature
- 81% of students thought they had better relationships with their teachers
- 90% of children felt they learned something new about the natural world
- 79% felt that their experience could help their school work
- 79% reported better relationships with their classmates
- 84% of children felt that they were capable of doing new things when they tried
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Schauberger on Simplicity
“The majority believes that everything hard to comprehend must be very profound. This is incorrect. What is hard to understand is what is immature, unclear and often false. The highest wisdom is simple and passes through the brain directly into the heart.” ― Viktor Schauberger
“The true foundation of all culture is the knowledge and understanding of water.” ― Viktor Schauberger
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Observations on Nine Months of Decision-Making Training
Instead of pursuing a typical quarantine hobby (like baking homemade sourdough), John Schmitt spent his lockdown helping ROTC cadets further their military training. He describes the process of leading Tactical Decision Games remotely and the outcomes he observed.
Training People to Make Better Decisions
Have you ever wondered how to improve decision making in fast-paced, real world situations?
Recognition-primed decision (RPD) is a model of how people make quick, effective decisions when faced with complex situations. In this model, the decision maker is assumed to generate a possible course of action, compare it to the constraints imposed by the situation, and select the first course of action that is not rejected.
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Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence
Aly Ndiaye, a Senegalese agricultural engineer, is the mastermind behind the circular bed design. Circular beds allow roots to grow inwards, trapping liquids and bacteria and improving water retention and composting. The project aims to create hundreds of specially designed circular gardens in a bid to boost food security.
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The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy (IEEE Specturm)
"In carefully crafting a lightbulb with a relatively short life span, the cartel thus hatched the industrial strategy now known as planned obsolescence."
Today's Big Tech are the masters of planned obsolesence - and many celebrates them for it...
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Something is deeply wrong with how humans relate to nature
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The Honest Weather Prediction Service
An engraving from 15th century Germany of witches bringing down the rain Want: A weather prediction service that publicly states it is using Astrology, the I Ching and other divination techniques, to predict the weather. As an added bonus, it tells you about the implications of today's weather for your personal fortune. It would be about as effective as current weather prediction services, just far more fun and honest.
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Praxis: Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.
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Rize.io - "an intelligent time tracker that improves your focus"
#Comment: This app represents late capitalism tech design at its finest. It helps you to meticulously track, surveil, measure and analyze every millisecond - cause "time is money and efficiency is paramount". The philosophy the app embodies is frankly nauseating and insane. The app's developers and users should take a very, very long break and ask themself "Save Time? Who for?, what is the value of laziness and productivity? What is the nature of being and time?
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“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.” ~E.F. Schumacher
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Unboxing the Toolkit - survey/reflection on design toolkits by @shannonmattern
"Technosolutionist libertarianism is rooted in an assumption that kits and skills are more reliable than other people".
