The Art of Being Human is a collaborative yearlong exploration of one of the oldest and most urgent questions: What makes us human?
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Are Humans Losing The Plot Of Our Own Story?
Watch this short video -- just 100 seconds long -- and be prepared to describe what you see:
You just watched a short film about bullying, didn’t you? The larger triangle was harassing the smaller triangle, until the two smaller shapes ban...
Stories of Serendipity
“Words, words, words . . .”
Sometimes, when a word doesn’t exist, you need to make it up.
It happened in 1754, when a man named Horace Walpole, in a letter to his friend Horace Mann (so many Horaces!), recounted a popular fairy tale, The...
Increasing the Surface Area for Serendipity
Where are you increasing the surface area for serendipity in your life? And what has found you lately that you weren’t looking for? Photos, poems, art, writing…
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I visit my local library, the Philadelphia C...
August 2026: Serendipity
Serendipity is a favorite word of mine. I have always loved even the way it sounds, and its magical quality.
It holds both mystery and agency, and that balance is compelling.
We cannot schedule an unexpected encounter, or a surprising con...
July 2026: Artistry Contributions
As the final month of summer kicks off with a humid hug, so too does the second half of our yearlong exploration of humanity’s most irreducible qualities.
Across the first six months of the year, we considered six: belonging, loss, frictio...
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Author, People-Based Learning: The Future of Learning is Human (2026). Learning scientist, school co-founder & illustrator. Reinventing research as a recovering academic. Investing in a people-based future.
Education leader, writer & speaker. Exploring how to raise wise, loving, capable adolescents. Author of Finding the Magic in Middle School, founder of www.argonaut.school.
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