“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined”

-Henry David Thoreau

Our group unanimously decided that our semester long blog post syntheses were a more productive way of learning than simply reading dense academic journals and papers, and responding to them in an equally dense way. Given the relevance of this topic to such a widespread group of people, we felt that a blog made this information much more accessible, and appealing to our target audience.

The blog format is also conducive to collaboration and democratizing the learning process; anyone can publish their comments and add to the discussion.

However, it is also important to acknowledge that all claims made on the blog posts, no matter how “informally” stated, can be backed up with citations from credible sources.

~CKW