Gary Pavela

The Hidden Provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump King. Don't let this happen

The Hidden Provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump King.
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We live in a contentious world filled with negative role models, making it more important than ever for educators to highlight the many lives of integrity all around us.

Integrity Seminars: bit.ly/42zl0TL

Opinion | How to Survive the Trump Years With Your Spirit Intact (Gift Article) I’ve found it necessary to root myself in anything that feels rehumanizing, whether it’s art or literature or learning.

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A New American Awakening How the chaos of the phone-based life is giving rise to a quiet revolution in civic life—and what it will take to make it last.

A New American Awakening
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Just chugging along without a worry in that world or this one.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just snapped an off-Earth action shot the likes of which we've never seen before.

MRO has spotted Curiosity before, but the car-sized rover had always been stationary in those cases.

Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo) "Curiosity was captured in what is believed to be the first orbital image of the rover mid-drive across the Red Planet."

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From Academia, a ‘Primal Scream.’ Watch in real time, as American higher ed goes on offense to defend itself.

From Academia, a ‘Primal Scream.’
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This Is What Chat GPT Has to Say About Trump and the End of The World As We Know It Chat GPT and I are weirdly aligned in our thinking…

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Seminar tutors help students understand how academic integrity is defined, but also focus on why academic integrity is important. They do so, in part, by featuring "lives of integrity" (e.g. Frederick Douglass, Charles Darwin, and Martha Nussbaum).

Lofoten, Norway, Is an Adventurer’s Paradise in the Arctic This remote archipelago is a dreamy base for adventure, with backcountry ski slopes reached by boat, hiking trails that offer views for miles and deep fjords to sail.

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“It’s Alright To Be Unhappy”: An Interview with Colgate University Religion and Philosophy… by Gary Pavela

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Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” Using the power of awe in teaching and learning

This essay was developed for the Academic Integrity Seminar. We help students understand how academic integrity is defined, but also why academic integrity is important. Our focus includes intellectual virtues like truth-seeking, and truth-telling. Free Introduction to our book: bit.ly/4l7UPM9.

The End of College Life If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.

EXCERPT: "Few administrators have talked about this risk in public, but they take a different tone in private as they try to figure out how broken budgets can be fixed . . . I’ve come to understand that . . .calamity could arrive sooner than people expect."

Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot ChatGPT "power users," or those who use it the most, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot.

TAG: Risks of dependence on AI

EXCERPT (from the full report): In both on-platform data analysis and the RCT, we observe that very high usage correlates with increased self-reported indicators of dependence.

Full report PDF: cdn.openai.com/papers/15987...

World Happiness Report Highlights the Importance of Everyday Kindness Research finds that kinder countries are happier. Which are the kindest countries around the world?

GP COMMENT: Kindness and social trust are related. Both have significant impact on individual well-being.

Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway (Gift Article) Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”

Thomas Friedman is disturbingly convincing about the challenges we face.

Well said.

More likely North Korea then Russia. Or maybe both.

Turnitin Announces Clarity, Aim to Make Student Writing More Transparent - Plagiarism Today Turnitin has announced Clarity, a new writing environment aimed at helping detect and prevent AI misuse. So why does it come with AI tools?

Cross-Post from the Academic Integrity Seminar [https://bit.ly/3Dezzn4]