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You observe that most great scientists have tremendous drive. I worked for ten years with John Tukey at Bell Labs. He had tremendous drive. One day about three or four years after I joined, I discovered that John Tukey was slightly younger than I was. John was a genius and I clearly was not. Well I went storming into Bode's office and said, ``How c... See more
Richard Hamming • You and Your Research
Tell me a good analogy for an AI tutor.
Ethan Mollick • Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
On the other hand, if he chooses “I’m serious, my students are serious, and this is about rigor” as one axis, and “My students win competitions” as the other one, suddenly you have a teacher worth driving to, a teacher worth paying extra for.
Seth Godin • This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See
And so we that might be the case with others as well that they like that So since I had no formal education about anything I remember I once asked the art historian professor can you teach me how to navigate around here? And I thought, yes, he could.
I said, no, no, you have to do it all on your own. And I said, oh, fuck.
But on the other hand, I lik
... See moreSimilarly, when one enters a new domain of knowledge, one initially encounters a crowd of new ideas. Good learners are able to pick out those that are powerful and congenial. Others who are less skillful need help from teachers and friends. But we must not forget that while good teachers play the role of mutual friends who can provide introductions
... See moreSeymour A Papert • Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
Not only did he tell fabulous stories, I was also really fascinated by how he was trying to teach musicianship and interpretation. He wasn’t much interested in teaching the techniques of cello playing, which he left to the more senior students to give us in private coaching. Piatigorsky was interested in teaching matters of heart, interpretation, e
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