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12 Jan What a thing is language!

Posted at 03:27h in Activity Theory, Creativity, Culture, Language, Philosophy, Popular Posts, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 7 Comments

Here’s something I’ve been mulling over for a long time (decades!): the “blessing and the curse” that is human language. What an invention! Making sounds together creating meanings, meanings creating and shaping and reshaping perceptions, concepts, beliefs, feelings, relationships, images, imagination… What we have done and continue to do with, and...

07 Jan More on Knowledge and Freedom—Thanks to Readers

Posted at 16:57h in Overweight Brain Mini Blog 3 Comments

Thanks to all who’ve commented so far on the Introduction and taken the polls. Your enthusiasm means so much! Additionally, it’s helpful to learn that you would share the book with others, what parts resonate strongly, and where I’ve been less than clear. I thank two readers in particular (one who...

04 Jan Improv in Science featured in the prestigious science journal Nature

Posted at 19:52h in Creativity, Education, I Like This, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Play, What's New 0 Comments

Hats off to Rachel Berstein for writing Communication: Spontaneous Scientists in the January 1, 2014 issue of Nature. Featured in the article along with funny man and improv devotee Alan Alda, is cell biologist Raquel Holmes, who began her business improvscience while a student in the program I run, The International Class....

03 Jan We Need Lev Vygotsky Revolutionary Scientist more than ever…

Posted at 03:42h in Reviews, Vygotsky, What's New 0 Comments

From the back cover of the new, Classic Text edition of Fred Newman's and my Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist...

29 Dec Dog Playing with a Bird

Posted at 17:58h in I Like This, Play 2 Comments

December 29, 2013 Like most of us, I've seen puppies play with all kinds of things and animals and people, but birds??? This is new to me. The way this bird plays is quite something (and its playmate is adorable). Watch on YouTube ...

27 Dec Something Really Good Was on TV

Posted at 23:08h in Culture, I Like This, What's New 1 Comment

December 27, 2013 I love "Sing-Off" the a cappella competition show on NBC...

27 Dec Reflections 2013

Posted at 22:13h in Interviews, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Publications 2 Comments

December 27, 2013 Last week I was invited to be profiled in The Psychologist, the monthly publication of the British Psychological Society. Their “One on One” section features informal, off-the-cuff interviews with psychologists, designed to show the range and diversity of work and opinions. The editor sent me a list of...

21 Dec How Do We See What We See?

Posted at 01:36h in Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming 9 Comments

December 20, 2013 Ever since I heard long ago that “Eskimos have 100 words for snow” I’ve been fascinated by how we see, and the ways that our culture and language inter-relate with our perceptions. Never mind that the “words for snow” claim has been questioned and debated for more than...