Memes aren’t new, and they’re not always frivolous. Much like Tibetan prayer flags the contemporary (digital) meme is a complex sign that exists in the world and points beyond it. Extending Marshall McLuhan we understand the meme to be a medium whose germinal content is the human gesture. Take a look around: you’ll find us furiously signaling at that in both between and beyond us.

Our moral judgements are often reflexive and feel to us as familiar and intimate as our sense of taste and smell. But to share a moral vision with millions of other people is a tremendous work of the imagination. The Moral Imagination is an exploration of the ideas and events that shape this collective sense of right and wrong.

Education is culture, codified and staged for complex societies. No poem, rousing play, church, or scientific discovery has been made except on the foundational belief that education is a good unto itself. We believe in that good. The Open Education Project uses the “collective impact” approach to give young people the tools to make their way in the world. School and community resources are coordinated to provide free tutoring and volunteer opportunities for high achieving students.