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#skills
Improving The Human Factors Aspect Of Database Interactions.
Introspection (hci research method)
This research method depends on an individual’s sensitivity to the cognitive skills required while performing one or more of the five tasks: learning, composition, comprehension, debugging, and modification. [..]These judgments are highly influenced by training and often do not…
Taking Philosophical Dialogue Online
Argument (philosophy)
This has two aspects: the evaluation of arguments, and the construction or advancing of arguments. Some of the skills involved in this are: understanding of the standard fallacies; being able to distinguish between inductive and deductive arguments, and being able to say what…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
Character without communication skills
There are, of course, situations where people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well. But the effects are still secondary.
Habits as knowledge, skill and desire
For our purposes, we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our…
Widening the overlap of knowledge, skill and desire
Knowledge, skill, and desire are all within our control. We can work on any one to improve the balance of the three. As the area of intersection becomes larger, we more deeply internalize the principles upon which the habits are based and create the strength of character to…
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Contemplation instead of action
Finally, the game of life as Western man has been “playing” it for the past century needs less emphasis on practicality, results, progress, and aggression. This is why I am discussing vision, and keeping off the subject of justifying the vision in terms of its practical…
The Limits Of The Digital Humanities, By Adam Kirsch | New Republic
Coding - is it really necessary as a humanistic skill?
Underlying these administrative problems is a more basic question about the nature of humanistic work. A humanities culture that prizes thinking and writing will tend to look down on making and building as banausic—the kind of labor that can be outsourced to non-specialists…