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The art of judging

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 9, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The art of judging has been undermined by misinterpretations of historic flaws in judging.

cultural relativism, social assessment, judging, judgment, good versus bad,

The Paradox of Cultural Relativism

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

An skeptical essay on the paradox of cultural relativism when taken to an extreme. My stance is that cultural relativism is only valid in a limited scope and should not be used to justify barbaric and supertitious societies.

cultural relativism, paradoxical relativism

Relativism & Judging

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011

Essays concerning cultural relativism and judging.

Turn Away

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 20, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Poem on keeping an eye on the good things in life in bad times.

turn away, poem, positive thinking, good perspective

Reviewing the Slate

Posted by Shawn Olson on Feb 26, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Review of Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate and the common notion that we are all born without predispositions.

blank slate, human nature, steven pinker, cultural relativism, feminism, brain, psychology

The Black Curse has Arrived

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 13, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

The Black Curse board game has now been converted to an online JavaScript-driven web game.

black curse, board game, javascript, shawn olson

The MySpace Generation

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 23, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011

Thoughts on the social media phenomenon and its effect on the current young generation. Originally written with MySpace in mind, but valid for other sites like Facebook.

myspace.com, myspace, facebook, social media, internet, online, parenting, education, web