I recently interviewed Dr. Barbara Oakley, the author of Mindshift, A Mind for Numbers and co-instructor for Learning How to Learn, the most popular online course of all time. We talked about a number of interesting topics on how to learn effectively, pulled from the research for her new book. Here are some interesting bits: […]
Chaos, Ignorance and Newton’s Great Puzzle
Chaos matters. But how can you use it in your thinking and what benefits come with this shift of perspective?
The most common misconception about learning
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Want to Learn History? Read Biographies, Not History Books
History is a powerful subject. Knowing the past allows you to understand the present. Understanding history overcomes the myopia of our limited lifetimes. History shows us alternative points of view and can show that our own perspectives are often parochial and arbitrary. But history is often a hard subject to learn. Few subjects have as […]
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