Facilitating Change

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• Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.

• Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009  featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.

• Beth Kolko, User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity & Consumerism in a Digital Age. “If I’m a hacker, I’m thoughtful about how I negotiate the world, I think about how I can make use of objects and systems rather than allowing the object or system to make use of me by slotting me into a pre-arranged role… hacking embodies the notion of agency and resistance.” #UrsulaFranklin