If I had to pick a theme that connects the assorted links below, it would be ‘breathing fresh life into the status quo’.
Using rocks to absorb carbon from the atmosphere in Oman.
A history of flight booking – To this day, airline ticket sales use infrastructure that is decades old. However, things are changing, ever-so-incrementally.
The islamic scholar who gave us modern philosophy
Lockhart’s Lament – One of the most captivating pieces on learning I’ve ever read. I feel for teachers and the education system, but reading this gives me tremendous motivation to rediscover subjects I barely connected with in school.
“The trouble is that math, like painting or poetry, is hard creative work. That makes it very difficult to teach. Mathematics is a slow, contemplative process. It takes time to produce a work of art, and it takes a skilled teacher to recognize one. Of course it’s easier to post a set of rules than to guide aspiring young artists, and it’s easier to write a VCR manual than to write an actual book with a point of view.“”
Paul Lockhart
Tim Ferriss chats with James Dyson – so many brilliant topics in here, from his early hustle and grind, the engineer’s mind, and of course, the fascinating story behind his iconic vacuum cleaners.
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