Category Archives: Education

Geeks are killing us

Posted on 23 April 2013 by

When the Canadian Police announced yesterday that they had arrested two terrorist suspects who had planned to derail a train, I immediately had a picture of them in my mind. A stereotypical picture, but one which is sadly too often … Continue reading →

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Sad Things (# 5) Talented Teenagers

Posted on 4 March 2013 by

Sad: Seeing this teenager putting so much time and effort into perfecting a skill which society won’t appreciate and knowing that in 10 years’ time he will be bossed around by one of his former classmates who is much more … Continue reading →

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The Dildo & Dodo Test

Posted on 3 January 2013 by

I have come up with the ultimate test to determine someone’s age, their general education and how corrupted or uncorrupted their mind is. The best thing: it’s not some complicated test which takes hours to administer and weeks to evaluate. … Continue reading →

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Is there an Alternative to Liberalism?

Posted on 8 December 2012 by

The final project of the second year (of three) of my MA in Philosophy was supposed to give an answer to the question “Is there a serious alternative to liberalism as a political theory?” Here is what I wrote: I. … Continue reading →

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5 Things to avoid when you have to write an Academic Paper

Posted on 28 November 2012 by

Actually this article attempts to warn you about the 5 things not to do when you should rather engage in any time-consuming and complicated activity, especially when the deadline is close. I use the situation of having to write an academic paper … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused, # 12

Posted on 10 November 2012 by

Registering with university for the new term, it dawned on me: Continuing registration is better than continuing resignation.

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Earning 1,000,000 $

Posted on 9 September 2012 by

I don’t really need a million dollars. I wouldn’t know what to do with it, so used to my thrifty lifestyle have I gotten. But if I ever need to earn 1,000,000 $, I will do it exactly like this:

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Is university worth it?

Posted on 7 September 2012 by

A recent Freakonomics podcast “Is college worth it?” was sadly centered on the economic returns of studying and on US colleges, but one student of economics and philosophy had this universally applicable answer: If a bunch of people from the community sat … Continue reading →

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Punishment and Liberalism

Posted on 23 July 2012 by

The following essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philisophy and set out to examine which problems criminal punishment poses for liberalism, especially in view of John Rawls‘ theory of punishment in “A Theory of Justice”. This … Continue reading →

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John Rawls: “A Theory of Justice” versus his later works

Posted on 23 July 2012 by

This essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philosophy and concentrated on the work of one philosopher exclusively: John Rawls. If you haven’t read any of his work, I would advise against reading this essay. There will … Continue reading →

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