“[T]utors pop up like mushrooms around historical geniuses.” Many of history’s greatest minds were tutored at a very young age by other genius aristocrats, immersing the young minds in difficult subjects early on, giving them a better understanding and appreciation of science and the humanities. Even Einstein was tutored, with Max Talmud being the key to Einstein’s geometric understanding of space and time. The decline of private tutoring—at least how the aristocracy practised it—coinciding with fewer geniuses makes this a plausible, if a bit distressing, theory. Read full article here
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Improving media literacy could boost trust towards the news, IMPRESS report suggests
The UK media is regulated by the likes of IPSO and Ofcom. The report by press regulator IMPRESS highlights the link between low levels of media literacy and trust in the news. The study found that three quarters of those who did not know if journalists were regulated did not trust the news. It suggests that improving media literacy is one way to stem the erosion of trust, and shows that audiences have an appetite for information on news processes. Stakeholders need to collaborate in order to rebuild trust in the news, and independent media is well placed to do this. Read full article here
Merv
February 1, 2023
