Intelligence is variously defined and plays different roles. Intelligence tests mirrors the history of psychology as a tool for marketing and propaganda. They mask your deeper self.
I might become a great writer if I focused on writing, rather than the ideas I convey.
Your mind is limited by the questions you ask. Most mental ill health is learned and socially maintained. It is not a disease.
Schools should be limited to teaching trade skills. The old public school model is a zombie. It’s dangerous and should be dismantled.
You don’t want complete freedom, but you also don’t want complete structure. You need something in the middle, but that thing can’t be static.
The real athlete is the person who invents their own game, plays by their own rules, and moves beyond their limits.
Unless you’re an artist, you won’t appreciate how little respect we have for creative people.
In our society, health and power equals money. We celebrate power and change is discouraged.
“Gruesomely violent scenes from television shows are one of the most satisfying things for many adults…”
I talk with Rob Alvarez, of the Professor Game Podcast, about games in the context of learning, exploration, and failure.
You can't live a stable life in an illusion, yet most of us wish to.
A tyranny of the press, a corruption of medicine, and a perversion of public health is corrupting science and the democratic process, and most people don't recognize it.
