https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco 2026-03-21T21:37:15+00:00 https://hearthandfield.com/with-living-hearts-a-wandering-review-of-rerum-novarum-in-the-age-of-a-i/ robertogreco marytillotson rerumnovarum ai artificialintelligence 2026 llms popeleoxiii catholicism catholicchurch labor work workingclass poverty suffering inequality christianity technology society generosity charity humility courage selflessness virtue virtues human humans theology encyclicals https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e5a789af3fee/ 2026-03-03T06:43:41+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRxBCd4q9Lc robertogreco seanilling thegrayarea 2026 samirchopra anxiety philosophy buddhism acceptance stress worry dread fear life living interdependence interconnected interconnectedness existentialism freud resignation consciousness psychology finance panic vibes time presence future human humanism curiosity control change everythingchanges modernity humans parenting thinking howwethink wonder awe terror freedom activism problemsolving uncertainty complextity inquiry emotions society affect crueloptimism affecttheory mind signalanxiety power loss relationships love hope security suffering outdoors prescribingnature death dying social embodiement boides mindfulness culture sublime present mysticism beauty selflessness objects https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4e106522c021/ 2025-10-13T05:28:57+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KegSMO9XcIY robertogreco gilduran nerdreich 2025 peterthiel robertfuller matthewfox bible christianity billionaires nicoleshanahan apocalypse theology ideology politics spirituality extremism religion power media regulation deregulation empathy democracy ethics polarization antichrist darkenlightenment monarchism philosophy rhetoric culture doomsday burningman sanfrancisco siliconvalley demonds devils armageddon erichoffer commonenemy fear fearmongering jackposobiec joshualisec stevebannon genocide dehumanization jdvance richardhofstadter self carlschmitt tribalism accountability hereticon renégirard gretathunberg scapegoating scapegoats reactionaries rightwing farright barackobama 9/11 pandemic covid-19 coronavirus jehovah'switnesses psychology self-interest moralconscience care caring selfishness society responsibility individualism taxes taxation irs greed christ jesus jesuschrist goodsamaritans sermononthemount selflessness generosity worldbuilding fascism justice compassion mimeticdesire order hierachy immortality tescreal tr https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f319e0986b60/ 2025-09-16T17:16:11+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaTxvlMWuY robertogreco picoiyer 2025 nathangardels dawnnakagawa travel zoominginandout wisdom modernity global local stillness globalization place science dalailama ego undeludedness presence impermanence certainty uncertainty notknowing knowing knoweledge sameness silence humility speed slow monasteries bigsur attention retreats monoculture diversity doubt christianity buddhism hinduism islam judaism theosophy names naming religion benadictines self memory quiet insight experience meaning meaningmaking movement perspective byung-chulhan contemplation interiority world informationage communication moevement harukimurakami japan west westernization culture turkey iran russia china differences smallness distance howweread understanding depth nepal materialism affluence 1986 pacificcentury bollywood baseball india 1985 1980s civilization society multiculturalism barackobama malcolmgladwell zadiesmith naomiosaka 1983 shinto surfaces palestine israel us uk popculture translation history context politics emotion identity technology econo https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e501fb627c6a/ 2025-08-04T20:28:33+00:00 https://asapjournal.com/node/the-art-of-walking-my-cerebrum-is-mind-and-my-toe-is-mind-thyrza-goodeve-walks-with-ernesto-pujol/ robertogrecoernestopujol walking thydrzagoodeve 2025 via:javierarbona morethanhuman multispecies perspective notiving presence observation monks puertorico nyc urban trees animals experience love mind teaching howweteach pedagogy nonhuman being waysofbeing selflessness listening body boides vulnerability place interpretation socialpracticeart art memory goolishness reality psychology awareness filters social monasteries catholicworker dorothyday catholicism petermaurin ethnography biodiversity landscape place-based silence stillness movement https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9f9afa946912/ 2025-07-18T05:05:48+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDpsGO_siY robertogreco acidhorizon nietzsche ethics revolutionaryethics pierreklossiwski affirmation play pedagogy will 2025 self metaphysics resentment events experience childhood earlychildhood playfulness education worthiness culture stoicism goodwill ontology revenge action expression necessity determinism interactions finality modernity hypermodernity capitalism fascism joy authoritarianism paternalism boides aesthetics asceticism revolution abstraction self-reflection judgement gillesdeleuze deleuze children watchfulness paulofreire objectification teaching howweteach chance chaos willtopower microfascism contradiction resentfulness resentfulliving repression mediocrity monstrosity collectivism individualism affect selflessness giving sacrifice memory emotions feelings thoughts perceptions tendencies introspection credit debt reckoning retribution cruelty vindictiveness joyfulness revolutionaries https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a387a4d27579/ 2025-06-28T03:39:25+00:00 https://www.freyaindia.co.uk/p/nobody-has-a-personality-anymore robertogreco freyaindia life living experience trauma labeling idenitity 2025 difference relationships diagnosis diagnoses adhd autism ocd understanding care caring attachent dysregulation character categories categorization explanation wonder wonderment gentleness symptoms childhood medicalization medicine psychology therapy betterhelp mentalhealth romance myster scientism genz generationz normal personality eccentricity culture society suffering hurt therapyspeak language labelling idenity structures theories nostalgia motivation traits health assessment emotions motives emotionalintelligence selflessness happiness arrogance anxiety confusion parenthood calculation quantification human humans humanism control certainty uncertainty classification misery hope pain faith pathology pathologization wisdom personalization markets decisionmaking unsolved unknown unknowing zoomers https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6fcab1b04135/ 2024-11-15T17:00:31+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDj2dUIQcA robertogreco chrishedges 2024 institutions elections briahnajoygray kamalaharris donaldtrump oligarchy joebiden us society greenpart cornelwest joerogan media mainstreammedia politics democracy fascism israel palestine genocide ethniccleansing left leftism resistance unions organizing morality activism church churches spirituality community labor work capitalism feudalism journalism press celebrities noamchomsky gaza lebanon corporations corporatism democrats republicans berniesanders hillaryclinton barackobama jillstein ralphnader socialism marxism sheldonwolin hierarchy totalitarianism privateequity kkr harvesting finance simonandschuster elonmusk taxation taxes deregulation stevebannon norms decorum civility michelmoore robertreich billclinton demagogues cults cultofpersonality angeladavis voting credibility workers 1996 nafta layoffs unemployment workingclass betrayal 1994 reform kshamasawant civilrightsmovement pressure liberalism liberals neoliberals religion belief war jordanpeterson marxists christianright zionism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:52b4b2226784/ 2023-07-22T21:12:09+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNdJOX_hk58 robertogreco nickestes cornelwest 2023 imperialism us politics economics palestine israel indigenous indigeneity elections justice decline revolution civilwar slavery apartheid genocide ecology environment land landback culture memory history parties democrats republicans struggle liberation freedom oppression africa asia roma latinamerica internationalism cynicism demoralization standingrock spiritualism spirituality dispossession reservations slums ghettos socialmovements socialjustice christianity society commodification brasil brazil liberationtheology philosophy soulcraft theology purpose motivation music sound blackness preaching church pain blackmusic expression lifeofthemind bodies memories communities integrity courage love families utilitarianism secularism left leftism contemplation prayer ceremony tradition blackpantherparty blackpanthers blackfreedommovement resistance movements wisdom ideology science scientism immeasurables measurement objectivity conviction virtue character characterformation humility radi https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:70a019620668/ 2019-11-18T15:46:21+00:00 https://www.are.na/block/1916222 robertogreco care caring selflessness niceness ego energy anxiousness carefulness whatmatters saraahmed https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:908168a75e65/ 2019-08-15T00:19:00+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpBjI3i1Fzs robertogreco tseliot fredmoten tejucole 2019 towatch freedom vigor love witness withness breakingform ephasia art writing fluency transformation we uninterrogatedwes ceciltaylor language escape édouardglissant tonimorrison howweread howwewrite difference separability meaning meaningmaking words poetry expression togetherness liberation howweteach lacan criticaltheory reading purity jamesbaldwin race beauty criticism self selflessness fugitives fugitivity work labor laziness us capitalism politics identity society belonging immigration africandiaspora diaspora violence langstonhughes looking listening queer queerness bettedavis eyes ugliness bodies canon jacqueslacan https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c63cf4919ff7/ 2016-05-01T23:08:57+00:00 http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/04/26/daily-show-highlights-how-anti-muslim-rhetoric-harms-sikh-americans/210085 robertogreco sikhism sikhs islam islamophobia us politics xenophobia 2016 selflessness humanism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:24ba016b752d/ 2015-07-14T06:22:26+00:00 http://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/cheerful robertogrecowe need to resist reassuring her that it’s not true and getting the classmate to confirm it; then we must ask ourselves what has led to this idea. Probably there is truth to the cry for help, and our refusal to admit it may simply lead the child to hide her hurt more deeply. Do we do too much reassuring – ‘It doesn’t hurt,’ ‘It’ll be okay’ – and not enough exploring, joining with the child’s queries, fears, thoughts?[3] A reflexive tendency to say soothing things to children in distress may simply communicate that we’re not really listening to them. Perhaps we’re offering reassurance more because that’s what we need to say than because it’s what they need to hear. 3. Happiness as the primary goal. How can we help children grow up to be happy? That’s an important question, but here’s another one: How can we help children grow up to be concerned about whether other people are happy? We don’t want our kids to end up as perpetually miserable social activists, but neither should we root for them to become so focused on their own well-being that they’re indifferent to other people’s suffering. Happiness isn’t a good thing if it’s purchased at the price of being unreflective, complacent, or self-absorbed. Moreover, as the psychologist Ed Deci reminds us, anger and sadness are sometimes appropriate responses to things that happen to us (and around us). “When people want only happiness, they can actually undermine their own development,” he said, “because the quest for happiness can lead them to suppress other aspects of their experience. . . .The true meaning of being alive is not just to feel happy, but to experience the full range of human emotions.”[4] * And here are four specific cheerful-sounding utterances or slogans that I believe also merit our skepticism: 4. “High(er) expectations.” This phrase, typically heard in discussions about educating low-income or minority students, issues from policy makers with all the thoughtfulness of a sneeze. It derives most of its appeal from a simplistic contrast with low expectations, which obviously no one prefers. But we need to ask some basic questions: Are expectations being raised to the point that students are more demoralized than empowered? Are these expectations being imposed on students rather than developed with them? And most fundamentally: High expectations to do what, exactly? Produce impressive scores on unimpressive tests? The school reform movement driven by slogans such as “tougher standards,” “accountability,” and “raising the bar” arguably lowers meaningful expectations insofar as it relies on dubious indicators of progress — thereby perpetuating a “bunch o’ facts” model of learning. Expecting poor children to fill in worksheets more accurately just causes them to fall farther behind affluent kids who are offered a more thoughtful curriculum. Indeed, as one study found, such traditional instruction may be associated with lower expectations on the part of their teachers.[5] 5. “Ooh, you’re so close!” (in response to a student’s incorrect answer). My objection here is not, as traditionalists might complain, that we’re failing to demand absolute accuracy. Quite the contrary. The problem is that we’re more focused on getting students to produce right answers than on their understanding of what they’re doing. Even in math, one student’s right answer may not signify the same thing as another’s. The same is true of two wrong answers. A student’s response may have been only one digit off from the correct one, but she may have gotten there by luck (in which case she wasn’t really “close” in a way that matters). Conversely, a student who’s off by an order of magnitude may grasp the underlying principle but have made a simple calculation error. 6. “If you work hard, I’m sure you’ll get a better grade next time.” Again, we may have intended to be encouraging, but the actual message is that what matters in this classroom isn’t learning but performance. It’s not about what kids are doing but how well they’re doing it. Decades’ worth of research has shown that these two emphases tend to pull in opposite directions. Thus, the relevant distinction isn’t between a good grade and a bad grade; it’s leading kids to focus on grades versus inviting them to engage with ideas. Similarly, if we become preoccupied with effort as opposed to ability as the primary determinant of high marks, we miss the crucial fact that marks are inherently destructive. Like demands to “raise expectations,” a growth mindset isn’t a magic wand. In fact, it can distract us from the harmfulness of certain goals — and of certain ways of teaching and assessing — by suggesting that more effort, like more rigor, is all that’s really needed. Not only is it not sufficient; when the outcome is misconceived, it isn’t even always desirable.[6] 7. “Only Positive Attitudes Allowed Beyond This Point.” I’ve come across this poster slogan in a number of schools, and each time I see it, my heart sinks. Its effect isn’t to create a positive atmosphere but to serve notice that the expression of negative feelings is prohibited: “Have a nice day . . . or else.” It’s a sentiment that’s informative mostly for what it tells us about the needs of the person who put up the poster. It might as well say “My Mental Health Is So Precarious That I Need All of You to Pretend You’re Happy.” Kids don’t require a classroom that’s relentlessly upbeat; they require a place where it’s safe to express whatever they’re feeling, even if at the moment that happens to be sadness or fear or anger. Bad feelings don’t vanish in an environment of mandatory cheer — they just get swept under the rug where people end up tripping over them, so to speak. Furthermore, students’ “negativity” may be an entirely apt response to an unfair rule, an authoritarian environment, or a series of tasks that seem pointless. To focus on students’ emotions in order to manufacture a positive climate (or in the name of promoting “self-regulation” skills) is to pretend that the problem lies exclusively with their responses rather than with what we may have done that elicited them.[7]" [Also posted here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/07/14/things-we-say-to-kids-that-sound-positive-but-can-be-detrimental/ ]]]> alfiekohn education listening howweteach teaching pedagogy praise reassurance happiness reflection expectations grades grading effort attitudes positivity behavior manipulation criticism judgement feedback constructivecriticism support schools selflessness kindness tests testing standardizedtesting accuracy deborahmeier https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bad748dba610/ 2015-05-16T06:34:01+00:00 http://kottke.org/15/05/the-centripetal-force-of-life robertogrecoSince we had met, when she was still a teenager, I had loved her with my whole self. Only now can I look back on the fullness of our affection; at the time I could see nothing but one wound at a time, a hole the size of a dime, into which I needed to pack a fistful of material. Love wasn't something I felt anymore. It was just something I did. When I finished, I would lie next to her and use sterile cotton balls to soak up her tears. When she finally slept, I would slip out of bed and go into our closet, the most isolated room in the house. Inside, I would wrap a blanket around my head, stuff it into my mouth, lie down and bury my head in a pile of dirty clothes, and scream. There are very specific parts of all those stories that I identify with. I struggle with friendship. And with family. I worry about my children, about my relationships with them. I worry about being a good parent, about being a good parenting partner with their mom. How much of me do I really want to impart to them? I want them to be better than me, but I can't tell them or show them how to do that because I'm me. I took my best shot at being better and me is all I came up with. What if I'm just giving them the bad parts, without even realizing it? God, this is way too much for a Monday."]]> parenting cv fathers jasonkottke children self-doubt humans humanness relationships friendships fatherhood families kindness matthewteague death health cancer marriage selflessness love kottke https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b25fe4bebeea/ 2015-05-11T07:05:04+00:00 http://cowbird.com/story/113367/I_Was_A_DoItBecauseIHadTo_Kind_Of_Mom_Alisha_Hall/ robertogrecoparenting mothers alishahall 2015 children childhood love community selflessness servicelearning transparency relationships wisdom canon civics society awareness empathy understanding https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:45a08ced0e8e/ 2015-01-10T09:02:13+00:00 https://dianasenechal.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/the-all-and-nothing-of-teaching/ robertogreco teachers teaching dianasenechal friendship 2014 self expression self-expression selflessness burnout introspection self-care https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b47ab9e71ac0/ 2013-11-25T23:27:25+00:00 http://www.svetlanaboym.com/manifesto.htm robertogreco philosophy technology svetlanaboym via:ablerism off-modern canon nostalgia human humanism amateurs unlearning love loving greed selflessness homesickness broken broken-tech art beausage belatedness newness leisurearts walterbenjamin errors fallibility erring henribergson billgates prosthetics artists imagination domestication play jaques-henrilartigue photography film fiction shadows shortshadows nearness distance balance thresholds rims seams readymade rolandbarthes cynicism modernity internationalstyle evreyday transience ephemeral ephemerality artleisure amateurism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:22e02e596b64/ 2013-05-21T19:25:44+00:00 http://metacool.typepad.com/metacool/2013/05/the-heart-of-leadership.html robertogreco kindness leadership coaching basketball mocheeks selflessness servantleadership 2013 diegorodriguez 2003 https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1a6d3e48b47d/ 2013-03-27T22:41:01+00:00 http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/technology-love-and-paying-attention/ robertogreco attention love relationships technology discipline focus listening meditation religion contemplation prayer selflessness presence singletasking monotasking https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:dc8283f11e38/ 2013-03-27T06:43:39+00:00 http://saxifrageschool.tumblr.com/post/31061581933/deep-springs-college-and-the-liberal-arts-ideal robertogreco deepspringscollege time simplicity education lcproject tcsnmy tcsnmy8 learning liberalarts llnunn life well-being self-governance democracy democraticschools democratic alternative service servicelearning selflessness community labor freedom liberty society slavery authority microcolleges wellbeing https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:37737f738a65/ 2012-09-02T23:32:26+00:00 http://blog.jackcheng.com/dads-idea robertogreco slow life experience offline online routine repetition neuroscience brain learning motion travel movement attention selfishness selflessness engagement magic excitement relationships hunches 2012 parents presence time memories memory jackcheng https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:743abda4eddd/ 2012-06-04T18:21:36+00:00 http://blog.millsbaker.net/post/24368799150/friendship robertogreco listening understanding grace simoneweil 2012 wisdom happiness relationships selflessness love highschool loneliness friendship millsbaker https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:47f446e276c7/ 2012-04-13T02:40:48+00:00 http://schoolisnotschool.org/ robertogreco humanism self-interest education learning deschooling unschooling lcproject purpose via:monikahardy 2012 self-actualization community selflessness citizenship schooliness schools https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:69703b21b05d/ 2012-02-06T04:06:00+00:00 http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/277/ robertogreco walden selflessness via:steelemaley justice revolution change 2007 protest imprisonment civildisobedience walking berries deprivation freedom rebeccasolnit thoreau https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:415ba1024072/ 2011-04-10T03:23:38+00:00 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5408616 robertogreco communism marxism stevenash nba basketball teamwork teamplayers 2006 via:cburell sharing selflessness https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7e5c13a03629/ 2011-02-05T20:03:57+00:00 http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Jan-21.html robertogreco johnperrybarlow life philosophy principles certainty ambiguity forgiveness wisdom howto love selflessness empathy happiness humor possibility responsibility respect humility patience blame motivation nobility tolerance laughter uncertainty dignity endurance understanding https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:229d9647ffa9/ 2011-01-24T16:48:37+00:00 http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/elal2/have_you_ever_picked_up_a_hitchhiker/c18z0z2 robertogreco immigration kindness strangers selflessness storytelling karma life hoyportimañanapormí https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:54cadebc8c68/ 2010-12-21T00:51:45+00:00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film) robertogreco film thetreeoflife terrencemalick family unschooling learning life love joy well-being hope truth selflessness wellbeing treeoflife https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:92700d7d2df8/ 2010-09-27T01:26:44+00:00 http://www.themonthly.com.au/anthropology-and-passion-political-ghassan-hage-2230 robertogreco ghassanhage anthropology otherness understanding dialogue conversation purpose primitivist traditionalism academia selflessness empathy learning philosophy colleges universities perspective perception sociology differentiation dialog https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ba4246761c22/ 2010-09-25T19:04:17+00:00 http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/learn-as-you-go/higher-education robertogreco johntaylorgatto education learning unschooling deschooling tcsnmy lcproject community self identity purpose glvo values culture personhood relationships mortality creativity make making experience wisdom criticalthinking truth curiosity love reverance empathy wealth well-being vocation selflessness homes home confidence voice participation teaching principles philosophy knowledge life advice wellbeing https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b5f352eb26a1/ 2010-09-25T18:10:35+00:00 http://www.theamericanscholar.org/human-kind/ robertogreco humans humanism altruism selflessness education teaching learning culture economics philosophy politics anthropology collaboration empathy biology evolution darwin behavior society genetics naturenurture nature biologicaldeterminism determinism orenharman sisselabok morality humannature charlesdarwin https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:54dac4c8cf6e/ 2010-04-26T07:10:45+00:00 http://hstreaming.zdf.de/zdf/veryhigh/090820_wallace_asp.mov robertogreco writing humor suicide davidfosterwallace us irony interviews 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