Monthly Archives: October 2004

WHAT’S WRONG WITH SEX-ED?

I keep reading all this discouraging news about teenage pregnancy rates, HIV infections etc. and was wondering why sex education in the schools seems to be so ineffective at preventing these problems. To my astonishment, I discovered that, at least … Continue reading

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CALEDON FROM THE AIR

Here’s a photo from our neighbourhood newspaper, the Caledon Enterprise, taken last week just a few miles from our house, by local photographers Steve Bradley & Grace Peacock. Now you understand why I have to close the drapes at this … Continue reading

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THE DREADED T-WORD, OR, WHY DOESN’T GOOGLE KNOW HOW TO CLASSIFY BLOGS?

In knowledge management it is referred to as “the dreaded T-word”. It’s taxonomy, which in short means the classification scheme by which information content is organized and browsed. We’ve come a long way from the Dewey Decimal System (or its … Continue reading

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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO “HUH?”

Things are the way they are for a reason, I keep telling myself. There is a logical, or at least emotional, explanation for everything. If I read enough Lakoff I can even get my head around how conservatives think, though … Continue reading

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NEW KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL LAUNCHES

My UK KM colleague David Gurteen has recently launched a new journal entitled Global Knowledge Review. I am delighted to have been asked to be a regular contributor to the journal. You can download the inaugural edition free here. You’ll … Continue reading

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UPCOMING ONLINE CONFERENCE: KM IN THE LIFE SCIENCES

I‘m one of the presenters at an upcoming conference on KM in the Life Sciences and Health Care industries. If you work in these fields, or in KM, and can get your employer to spring for the registration fee, it … Continue reading

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THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY, CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM AND THE RULE OF LAW

Chechen refugee children at play, from Time Magazine In previous articles I have predicted a global social, economic and ecological collapse by the end of this century, the root causes of which will be overpopulation and overconsumption. I listed ten … Continue reading

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TEMPER, TEMPER

I‘ve already confessed to two of my personal failings: a lack of courage, and a proclivity to procrastinate (or cowardice and laziness, if you prefer). A recent article by Feith Stuart has led me to recognize a third — my … Continue reading

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WORLD’S ON FIRE, AND WORD FROM BAGHDAD

Instead of spending a budgeted $150,000 for a video for her song World’s on Fire, Canadian singer-songwriter and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan made the video on a shoestring and donated the budget to humanitarian projects that will make life … Continue reading

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UNSAFE IN ANY COUNTRY

Consumer Reports, in an investigation available only to subscribers, describes the Bush administration’s evisceration of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the organization instituted to protect consumers from unsafe products from unscrupulous and negligent corporations. As part of the Bush agenda … Continue reading

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