InnovationTrek: November 2019

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Two hundred and sixty six in the project #CriticalThinking in 365 concepts

We finished 38 weeks of critical thinking related concepts and procedures, introduced one a day every day. Or, in other words, we have less than 100 days to go.

260. Beware "I'm first." statements. Dig deeper. Learn.

(A solar oven is good news.—But how old is it?)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_solar-energy-use-danescu-a-bucurenciu-s-activity-6602597144002117632-WUdn

261. Ask "Why?" of any crazy idea. Any idea was crazy at one time. Make more crazy ideas live and grow.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_youtube-activity-6603315006312378371-RPXu

262. In spite of.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_chicks-jump-off-cliff-life-story-bbc-activity-6604041894106284032-H88P

263. W. Edwards Deming's cafeteria

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6604843574922100737-ImHT

264. Translate back and forth. From everyone. For everyone. Not just language, but also culture.

"For [Carl Sagan's] sons. May their future, and the future of all human and other beings be bright with promise." (1973)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_sagan-cosmic-connection-an-extraterrestrial-activity-6604871714188869632-E_QJ

265. Beware accelerated information asymmetry.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_charlie-chaplin-factory-work-activity-6604965612840116224-fV9f

266. Unbeaten path.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6605120999975378944-PIVs

Less than three month and we shall be done. By now from atomic and subatomic physics to cosmos and the universe we can scan almost all of humankind's most important knowledge gathered over millennia in just one week and still recognize how little we know and how important it is to modestly recognize how little we know. Plus how important is what we leave behind, and that in all we do we always keep in

mind what we leave behind.

Adrian S. Petrescu, Ph.D., J.D.

InnovationTrek

ASPetrescu@alumni.pitt.edu

ASPetrescu@InnovationTrek.org

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Two hundred and fifty nine days in the project #CriticalThinking in 365 concepts

Week 37 is complete. Along with the index for this week, may we propose a revisiting of the story of Pierre Dulaine (here: http://www.pierredulaine.org/the-dulaine-method), exceptionally well featured in the great movie "To Take the Lead," starring Antonio Banderas, here:

https://youtu.be/HMIXtD6-WSE

(Trust someone. You'll be amazed at what they'll do!)

In that exact spirit we chose this week several education related resources, to serve as examples of thinking with purpose and barriers almost-free.

253. Science and art of learning from everything all the time. Toaster.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_what-your-toaster-can-teach-you-about-the-activity-6600184475735384069-b9PB

254. Appearance of impropriety

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6600356628346793984-p0Ro

255. Unpredictable

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_feynmans-lectures-on-physics-the-distinction-activity-6600871014018633728-ugxV

256. "If I ran the circus?"

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6601511366551498753-S12G

257. Teach yourself anything.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_systems-thinking-learning-and-problem-solving-activity-6601683700268744704-MjHK

258. Crisis in education. Crisis in human capital utilization.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_richard-l-garwin-rd-opportunities-and-activity-6602512668110708736-P2BZ

259. Missed boats

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_open-source-world-activity-6602517399809908737-u6mZ

The world is run by those who show up.

Adrian S. Petrescu, Ph.D., J.D.

InnovationTrek

ASPetrescu@alumni.pitt.edu

ASPetrescu@InnovationTrek.org

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Two hundred and fifty two days in the project #CriticalThinking in 365 concepts

Week 36 is complete and we started a set of exercises meant at verifying our skills and capacity to use the framework presented to analyze critically a almost anything thrown our way.

246. Warm up: Nebraska

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6597544681238777857-oT6V

247. Taxes

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_franklins-way-to-wealth-activity-6598209693875785728-3z6J

248. Technological advancements vs. human values and behaviors

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6598671484149866496-sH5t

249. Inventions before their time

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_in-search-of-history-ancient-inventions-activity-6599126096380260353-xCd6

250. Responsible Leadership

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6599310691453190144-qLfY

251. Love. Bake. Equilibrium.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_making-bread-with-paul-hollywood-activity-6599331105244004353-_xAR

252. Up side down

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aspetrescu_criticalthinking-activity-6599792291387367424-d3-A

By this time any and all the questions we're asking can lead to answers as comprehensive as a doctoral dissertation, or even to a few distinct ones.

A starter abstract and a brief executive summary of the intent of an answer would be extremely helpful to anyone interested in checking out their understanding of the utility of our framework.