Author Archives: Jeff Bloom

Responsibility & Relationships: From You and Me to Society

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Jeff Bloom

This blog post was originally posted on March 9, 2016. It is 8.5 years later, and it’s even more relevant than it was then. Over the past eight months or so, my wife and I have been renting a house … Continue reading →

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The Inappropriate and Problematic Uses of Technology

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Jeff Bloom

This posting is directed mostly at AI or Artificial Intelligence, but the AI acronym may more appropriately stand for Artificial Ineptness or Artificial Ignorance. Although I am going to outline briefly a few of the big issues, I do think … Continue reading →

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What Needs to be Taught? — Part I: A History

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Jeff Bloom

Originally published on September 21, 2021 by Jeff Bloom During my career as an educator, which started off as a leap off of a cliff into a raging fire, I became increasingly concerned with the issue of “what to teach.” … Continue reading →

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