by Jesse Masinter | May 20, 2026 | Educational Writing, Post-Session Lessons
The Mathematics of Modern War Post-session thoughts on “EPICAC” by Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “EPICAC” is about a supercomputer tasked with solving war problems, but its true passion is writing poetry. Near the beginning of...
by Jesse Masinter | May 13, 2026 | Post-Session Lessons
Reflections from the Retirement Home: “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant A Novel Exchanges Session Recounting – from 5/11 I began with the question: Can money buy happiness? “Well, I like candy, and money can buy that!” Anna replied, laughing. Point...
by Jesse Masinter | Mar 18, 2026 | Educational Writing, Thoughts on Learning
The Myth of Multitasking Your phone is destroying your most precious resource: attention Your phone is stealing from you. It’s stealing from me, too. A digital void competes for our attention, stealing our presence from the physical space and people around us....
by Jesse Masinter | Feb 27, 2026 | Educational Writing, Thoughts on Learning
Story-Driven Dialogue: What is it and why does it matter? Recently, the phrase “story-driven dialogue” has been rattling around in my brain. What does it mean? Why is it important? Here is my definition: a conversation in which the subject matter of a...
by Jesse Masinter | Jan 29, 2026 | Book Reflections, Educational Writing
Thoughts on Love, Anger and Injustice from The Brothers Karamazov This is an anger-inducing period to live through in the United States of America (and that’s saying something, because if you study history you know that every period of our history has involved...
