by John Rogers | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog
The hands are on the scales, and they’re tipped against us. There has been a lot of discussion as of late about facts and fake news—about how facts and opinions are conflated in the same sentence, paragraph thought, and are given equal weight. I’ve been thinking about...
by John Rogers | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
“What is a week-end?” As the humorous line in British series Downton Abbey reminds us, the Industrial Revolution brought about more than machines: it fundamentally altered how society perceived time on a mass level. Weekends came into existence. It was the start of...
by John Rogers | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
Democracy is in peril because people don’t know what to believe anymore, and because they don’t know what to believe, they accept whatever’s presented to and convenient for them. That means we don’t have an understanding of common truth and fact, and democracies...
by John Rogers | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
Now, more than ever, we have to figure out how to get stuff done and how to be smart about it. Both professionally and personally, our lives will inevitably change moving forward, the only certainty is that we must be ready to face it. Thinking differently is part of...
by John Rogers | Jun 18, 2020 | Blog
“Two heads are better than one,” is an axiom for a reason. In today’s specialized world, we are encouraged to have a laser focus on our individual areas of expertise. Although such specialization is a critical component of our education system; there is a high risk of...