Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way
bigthink.com
Complaints about having to deal with (too much) information are nothing new. So, as you plow through your emails, WhatsApp and text messages, calendar and app notifications, and Zoom/Teams meeting invites, take solace in knowing you’re in good company. Earlier generations managed to cope and so will you.
Test Your Knowledge: The Information Overload Pop Quiz
Though we claim to value children as individuals, we also sort them into winners and losers. Ignoring this fact makes it harder to support student mental health.
Education Week • Want to Value Every Student? Stop Pretending Schools Don't Pick Winners and Losers (Opinion)
Nowadays, whenever I feel scared in the face of a decision and yearn for the safety of an optimizing formula, I try to remind myself that there’s another way of feeling safe. It’s not about perfection, about invulnerability, about control. It’s about leaning into the fact that we are imperfect and vulnerable creatures and that even when we’re... See more
You can’t optimize your way to being a good person
Building a Second Brain
buildingasecondbrain.com
Why would colleges merge?Like most things in business, it starts with supply and demand. Demand for college degrees has been falling.
The Hustle • Higher education meets high finance - The Hustle
We often think about relationships on a spectrum from positive to negative. But the most toxic relationships aren’t the purely negative ones. They’re the ones that are a mix of positive and negative.