“Decentralized means learning cannot easily be curtailed by autocratic governments and is considerably more immune to socioeconomic upheaval.”

― Peter H. Diamandis

BIRTHDAYS:

1590 Johann Schop, German composer and violinist. Nasce la pena mia, and Lachrimae Pavan from Uitnemend Kabinet, Amsterdam, 1649.

1684 Johann Jacob de Neufville, German composer. Ciacona

1712 Francesco Guardi, Italian painter

1713 Denis Diderot, French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d’Alembert.

1722 Gregorio Sciroli, Italian composer. Sonata for Clarinet and Cembalo

1864 Louis Lumière, French inventor, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895

1882 Robert H. Goddard, American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket.

1902 Ray Kroc, Entrepreneur.

1936 Václav Havel, Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright and former dissident.

MISCELLANY:

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT MIGHT JUST WORK. A Solution to the Problem of Failed Public Schools

“The public schools in many (most?) parts of this country are indeed broken, and there’s no point in trying to “work within the system” to fix them. They’re too far gone. Meanwhile, our children are suffering. All children are suffering. Our only option is to bypass the “system” altogether, take matters into our own hands, and create our own schools, focused on excellence and open to everyone.”

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code

Yes, the following is the website for the Bulgarian Association for Pathology (BPAP). As near as I can tell, the Canadian website was taken down.

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