Tom Vanderbilt talks about how his fascination for surfing cost him two marriages and more. His secret crush on surfing began in his late twenties when he saw some kids on their shortboards riding the waves in California. Unable to act on his desire, he gathered theoretical knowledge from any source he could. It was decades later, on a cold November afternoon, that he finally decided to take the plunge. Read full article here
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
