Stoicism was one of four schools of thought in Greek Philosophy. With the pursuit of virtue through rationality as their objective, Stoics believed that emotions were dangerous and that decision-making should be guided by facts. While it has aspects that are useful today, such as changing what you can and accepting what you can’t, its core tenets of detaching yourself from your emotions and remaining rational at all times are near impossible in practice. 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
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August 17, 2022
