If you can’t unsee how the Sydney Opera House looks like “a portable typewriter full of oyster shells,” you’re probably familiar with Clive James. Had we known him from his books instead of his more popular TV presence, we would better acknowledge the mark he made on English literature. Even a decade of life-threatening illness couldn’t stop him from creating literary gems. He believed he had a duty to acquaint future generations with poetry, and this article captures just that. 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
