A “Call for Education” In the Military

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A “Call for Education” In the Military

Leading the world politically, economically, and militarily will rely upon America’s investment in education.  The ability to compete globally has become a race of developing the intellectual capacity of the population.  In the past, a high school diploma provided the foundation for a successful career—like the enlisted force in the military.  Now, almost all careers require additional cognitive and technological skills. Nowhere are these skills more critical than in the military charged with defending this nation.  As a military and as a nation, national security and continued development both depend on increasing the education level of the enlisted force.

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Deep Reading and Distraction

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Deep Reading and Distraction

The benefits of electronic text could pose a paradoxical threat to the process of reading. While the technology provides ample opportunity to augment the knowledge gained from the reading material, it can also hinder the ultimate depth in understanding. Also, every improvement in e-reader technology provides more and more “enhancements” to reading: enhancements that may also be viewed as distractions.

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A Brief History of Literary Technology

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A Brief History of Literary Technology

Each major advancement in literary technologies broadened the population of readers and made the written word more efficiently organized and replicated. However, the act of reading has stayed mostly the same. Each development required adjustments, like learning to read the codex of two pages side-by-side or learning to read typeset words instead of handwritten words. However, eventually the innovation became the new standard.

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