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• A reply on Conversation: What is progress? A recent essay prompt asked, 'Is history since 1500 the story of progress? Why or Why not?"

  Dec 17 2011: No, I don't intend to demean a utilitarian definition of progress -- as I said, it is also my definition of progress. However, my point was to acknowledge that there are other definitions and 'progress' means different things to different people.

• A comment on Conversation: Why aren't kids (+ young adults) given more credit?

  Dec 17 2011: Not only are they full of ideas and more creative, but their thoughts are clouded with cynicism. Plenty of adults have ideas that are immediately and subconsciously dismissed by their own cynical bias.
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  A reply on Conversation: What is progress? A recent essay prompt asked, 'Is history since 1500 the story of progress? Why or Why not?"

  Dec 17 2011: This, to me, is also the definition of progress. Though I realise that this is somewhat of a utilitarian definition of progress...

• A comment on Conversation: How can we use awkward pauses (which could be good) to generate creativity?

  Dec 15 2011: My philosophy professor anecdotally pointed out that there is a growing fad amongst job interviewers to purposefully create awkward pauses during interviews. The objective is to have a measure, albeit a subjective one, of how confident the candidate is.
  
  I wonder if this could be expanded to see if there is a creative or unique way that the candidates would respond to such pauses?