Perhaps the solution to our growing technopoly — a society dominated and reshaped by technology — is not the destruction of technology, but rather the ancient philosophy of Daoism. Daoists don’t look at technology in a negative light — oftentimes, they don’t regard it at all. They use technology only when necessary for day-to-day living; any more than that disrupts the Way, or the natural order of things.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
