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...
by Jesse Masinter | Jan 4, 2026 | Book Reflections, Educational Writing
Keeping Up With the Karamazovs: How Does Dostoevsky Justify Suffering? The other day, a woman saw me reading The Brothers Karamazov and told me Crime and Punishment was her favorite Dostoevsky novel. Respectfully, (I replied) I disagree. All that happens in Crime and...
