Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
Numerous psychological studies have found that we seek out information that supports our pre-existing views – and avoid information that might contradict them.
This cognitive bias can push people into more extreme ideological positions | BPS
Want to Value Every Student? Stop Pretending Schools Don't Pick Winners and Losers (Opinion)
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Lareau contrasts natural growth with “concerted cultivation,” where parents direct the minutiae of a child’s life. That means moms and dads manage enrichment activities and playdates and generally ensure most of a child’s time is occupied with academic, athletic or self-improvement.
Patrick A. Coleman • A 1980s Parenting Style Could Save Summer
There have been 95 college mergers in the past four years, 21% more than in the previous 18 years, per The Wall Street Journal.
The Hustle • Higher education meets high finance - The Hustle
Understanding the nature of creativity can help one avoid misinterpreting its challenges as lack of skill.
Overcoming Creativity Anxiety
Artificial intelligence is already deeply embedded in our culture, yet all too many of us seem to think of it as something new, something we might recognize if we saw it, something we are not already living with.
Tool or Terror? Looking to Literature to Better Understand Artificial Intelligence
We need to start recognizing that overt exclusion from and marginalization within progressive spaces is a unique form of oppression faced by Asians.
Yeong Cheng on LinkedIn: #asianamerican #asian #dei #socialjustice | 21 comments
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self”, or perhaps exercising a kind of trained “forgetting” of that which is extraneous to the essential self. In this state, we become less prone to partaking in the superfluous occupations we impose upon ourselves to cope with the weight of social
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With technology racing forward at an ever increasing pace, some advancements can impact us on an unprecedented scale. As shapers of the future, we must strive to understand the consequences and implications of emerging technology. We do this by asking ourselves uncomfortable questions about possible outcomes.