WS Harkey
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WS Harkey
@williamscottharkey.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Critical thinking is now an act of rebellion.
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Each political tribe interprets reality to preserve identity, belonging, and meaning. What looks like absurd blindness is really a defense against the terror of insignificance. Beliefs aren’t neutral; they safeguard worlds. We don’t debate policies; we protect meaning itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Each political tribe interprets reality to preserve identity, belonging, and meaning. What looks like absurd blindness is really a defense against the terror of insignificance. Beliefs aren’t neutral; they safeguard worlds. We don’t debate policies; we protect meaning itself.
The terror is in how many people are willing to burn down the world to prove their illusions right.
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The terror is in how many people are willing to burn down the world to prove their illusions right.
I’m beginning to think it’s dogmatic certainty and nihilistic despair that’s strangling America: one refuses compromise while the other refuses hope. Together, they make polarization feel permanent.
September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I’m beginning to think it’s dogmatic certainty and nihilistic despair that’s strangling America: one refuses compromise while the other refuses hope. Together, they make polarization feel permanent.
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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Education #HigherEd #HigherEducation #College #University
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #Education #HigherEd #HigherEducation #College #University
A Personalized Guide for Every Learner: The Promise of Advanced AI Memory in Education
AI That Remembers: A New Era of Mentorship, Tailored Learning, and Ethical Responsibility
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June 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Working in higher education, students often ask me what they should study. My answer is to study EVERYTHING. Be a generalist. Master how to learn, and fall in love with the process.
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Working in higher education, students often ask me what they should study. My answer is to study EVERYTHING. Be a generalist. Master how to learn, and fall in love with the process.
Long past our death, our light will continue on through the cosmos.
April 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Long past our death, our light will continue on through the cosmos.
Having pride for your nation is healthy so long as you remain aware that your nation is a fiction, an abstract concept that only exists in an intersubjective space--it's imaginary, so your pride for it should be modest at best.
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Having pride for your nation is healthy so long as you remain aware that your nation is a fiction, an abstract concept that only exists in an intersubjective space--it's imaginary, so your pride for it should be modest at best.
Everyone: Never share personal info with AI.
AI folks talking about AI Agents: AI Agents will be able book your flights (with your credit card).
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #Agentic
AI folks talking about AI Agents: AI Agents will be able book your flights (with your credit card).
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #Agentic
April 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Everyone: Never share personal info with AI.
AI folks talking about AI Agents: AI Agents will be able book your flights (with your credit card).
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #Agentic
AI folks talking about AI Agents: AI Agents will be able book your flights (with your credit card).
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #Agentic
Will there be a point when it’s too late to discuss UBI? Will we know? #UBI #FutureOfWork #EconomicJustice #AI #ArtificialInteligence
April 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Will there be a point when it’s too late to discuss UBI? Will we know? #UBI #FutureOfWork #EconomicJustice #AI #ArtificialInteligence
Ironic how we're cutting education funding while saying we need to "beat China in AI." You know what actually helps win tech races? Investing in STEM education and creating more scientists and engineers. Can't lead in artificial intelligence with natural unintelligence. #EducationMatters
April 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ironic how we're cutting education funding while saying we need to "beat China in AI." You know what actually helps win tech races? Investing in STEM education and creating more scientists and engineers. Can't lead in artificial intelligence with natural unintelligence. #EducationMatters
It's truly unfortunate to see the US & #China locked in an AI competition instead of a collaboration. Imagine the incredible progress we could achieve for humanity & the natural world if we worked together on this transformative technology. #AI #Collaboration #Innovation #Future
April 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's truly unfortunate to see the US & #China locked in an AI competition instead of a collaboration. Imagine the incredible progress we could achieve for humanity & the natural world if we worked together on this transformative technology. #AI #Collaboration #Innovation #Future
As #AI grows more ubiquitous, embedding itself into all our devices, features like memory—and soon, perhaps, lifetime memory—will bring some of the greatest boons for personalized education; and some of the greatest dangers. #MachineLearning #Education #HigherEd #HigherEducation #College #University
April 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As #AI grows more ubiquitous, embedding itself into all our devices, features like memory—and soon, perhaps, lifetime memory—will bring some of the greatest boons for personalized education; and some of the greatest dangers. #MachineLearning #Education #HigherEd #HigherEducation #College #University
If #Trump’s years in the political spotlight have taught us anything, it’s that he is laughably ignorant of basic government and economic principles, and his capricious, thoughtless, erratic decisions make it impossible to take any of his mandates as stable and lasting.
April 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If #Trump’s years in the political spotlight have taught us anything, it’s that he is laughably ignorant of basic government and economic principles, and his capricious, thoughtless, erratic decisions make it impossible to take any of his mandates as stable and lasting.
A 90-day pause on #tariffs? Nice! Gonna finally order from those penguins.
#tariffwar #tariff #TrumpMarketCrash
#tariffwar #tariff #TrumpMarketCrash
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A 90-day pause on #tariffs? Nice! Gonna finally order from those penguins.
#tariffwar #tariff #TrumpMarketCrash
#tariffwar #tariff #TrumpMarketCrash
April 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
U.S. as a manufacturing powerhouse is great until you realize we lack the infrastructure. China builds a hospital in a week; it takes us 2 yrs to fill a pothole. You can't bring jobs home without the plants, factories, & facilities ready to roll now—not decades from now. #tariff #tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm beginning to view the Al Revolution in much the same way that we now view the Agricultural Revolution: The Al Revolution is a trap. It is providing us with technological abilities that, in the long run, will not increase our general happiness and well-being.
April 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm beginning to view the Al Revolution in much the same way that we now view the Agricultural Revolution: The Al Revolution is a trap. It is providing us with technological abilities that, in the long run, will not increase our general happiness and well-being.
This is great in its own way, but it could tempt institutions, including smaller ones, to increase class sizes and reduce reliance on faculty, which will lead to fewer available teaching positions.
March 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is great in its own way, but it could tempt institutions, including smaller ones, to increase class sizes and reduce reliance on faculty, which will lead to fewer available teaching positions.
We see that people can quickly and easily become blinded by the bright halo of charisma and power, and this bias obstructs the darker parts of the revered. Total devotion without even a fraction of critical scrutiny to an idea, a person, a thing, etc. is a sickness.
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We see that people can quickly and easily become blinded by the bright halo of charisma and power, and this bias obstructs the darker parts of the revered. Total devotion without even a fraction of critical scrutiny to an idea, a person, a thing, etc. is a sickness.
Hegseth’s group-text gaffe—like mistakenly texting about all five affairs to your wife and not to the “Alpha Wolf Bros” group chat.
#Hegseth #HegsethMustResign #HegsethResign #Trump
#Hegseth #HegsethMustResign #HegsethResign #Trump
March 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hegseth’s group-text gaffe—like mistakenly texting about all five affairs to your wife and not to the “Alpha Wolf Bros” group chat.
#Hegseth #HegsethMustResign #HegsethResign #Trump
#Hegseth #HegsethMustResign #HegsethResign #Trump
