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- Charlie Munger On Continuous Learning
From my notes on his 2007 USC Law School Commencement Speech:Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. As a corollary to that proposition which is very important, it means that you are hooked for lifetime...
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In this, our first episode made up entirely of questions from our fans, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers his own reflections and answers your Cosmic Queries about Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon. From the time he met Neil...
- Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson: Launch Keynote: 28th National Space Symposium
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- Can You Make Yourself Smarter? - By Dan Hurley
Thanks to Barry for passing this along. Early on a drab afternoon in January, a dozen third graders from the working-class suburb of Chicago Heights, Ill., burst into the Mac Lab on the ground floor of Washington-McKinley School in a blur of blue pants,...
- The Secret To Raising Smart Kids - By Carol S. Dweck
This article came back on my radar, so I thought I’d post it here since it doesn’t appear that I’ve posted it previously. A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan...
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Flummoxed by Failure—or Focused?
Thanks to Will for passing this along.
Many people think of intelligence as static: you are born with lots of brains, very few, or somewhere in between, and that quantum of intelligence largely determines how well you do in school and in life.
The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has never liked this view. "I hardly ever use the word intelligence," says Mr. Tyson, who directs the Hayden Planetarium in New York. "I think of people as either wanting to learn, ambivalent about learning or rejecting learning." He speaks from experience: As a young man, he was booted from one doctoral program but managed to get into another and complete his Ph.D.
Over the past 25 years, social scientists have produced some key insights into how successful people overcome their unsuccessful moments—and they have found that attitudes toward learning play a large role from a young age.
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Book: What the Best College Students Do
- Charlie Munger On Continuous Learning
From my notes on his 2007 USC Law School Commencement Speech:Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. As a corollary to that proposition which is very important, it means that you are hooked for lifetime...
- A Tribute To Neil Armstrong – Startalk Radio Cosmic Queries
In this, our first episode made up entirely of questions from our fans, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers his own reflections and answers your Cosmic Queries about Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon. From the time he met Neil...
- Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson: Launch Keynote: 28th National Space Symposium
Link .................. Related previous posts: Neil deGrasse Tyson - We Stopped Dreaming The Most Astounding Fact About the Universe Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson ...
- Can You Make Yourself Smarter? - By Dan Hurley
Thanks to Barry for passing this along. Early on a drab afternoon in January, a dozen third graders from the working-class suburb of Chicago Heights, Ill., burst into the Mac Lab on the ground floor of Washington-McKinley School in a blur of blue pants,...
- The Secret To Raising Smart Kids - By Carol S. Dweck
This article came back on my radar, so I thought I’d post it here since it doesn’t appear that I’ve posted it previously. A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan...