Month: August 2016

What will students benefit from?

Too many teachers teach everything one can know, or they try to teach everything they think one can know. In technical subjects this turns into voluminous works that are hard to get through. And most of the information is forgotten as fast as it’s consumed. My criteria, something I battle with, is picking what people will benefit from knowing. And…

It’s not more efficient

99% of the time when someone asks you what the most efficient way to do something is, you respond with the way you’re used to doing things. We all do this. For example, if you ask me what the most efficient way to type an email is, I’m likely to tell you gmail. That’s because I use gmail every day.…

Beliefs Before Reasons

As much as we’d all like to believe that our beliefs are rooted in reason, that’s simply not the case. Most of our beliefs come first, and then we seek facts to back them up. Beliefs come before reasons. It is very rare to use facts alone to change our beliefs. Don’t believe me? Go to facebook and look at…