Acknowledgements
I would like to thank John Truty and Jenny Sandlin for their insightful feedback as I prepared this reflection. I would also like to thank Bob Hamlin for challenging me to distinguish between constructivism and constructionism.
Notes
1. From Germanic legend, Faust traded his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge. To ‘strike a Faustian bargain’ is to be willing to sacrifice anything to satisfy a personal desire for something without considering the ultimate cost (http://www.answers.com/topic/faust#after_ad1, accessed 1 October 2006).