...grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as... See more
Edtech platforms give everyone access to the most talented, experienced, and innovative teachers, unconstrained by geography (or public school salary caps).
An incumbent like Meta - with its cash cow “blue app” and Instagram, and its under monetized other products - is an interesting player in the metaverse because it can afford to experiment with new monetization models and user-incentives under some of its massive digital-first product lines (Oculus, Whatsapp, and Messenger), without jeopardizing its... See more
Andrei Tarkovsky, in his diaries, said that human life as a whole does not have a clear purpose because then, a human would be slave to that purpose. Unlike animal or plant, whose life has a clear purpose - to reproduce, a human being can willingly "exit" the biological purpose and live another sort of purpose and life.