Select Page

AI solves Rubik’s cube. And..?

The news broke out about how a group of researchers from the University of California was able to devise an algorithm allowing an AI to solve Rubik’s cube. And? I understand the point of this research. It allows us to find the solution for problems with multiple...

Passion and Skill

Passion without skill is fruitless. Skill without passion is useless. Makes sense? Passion with skill is where inspiration transpires through the things you do and think.

Boost learning is far from memorizing

When examining a student through an oral evaluation, I received their pauses after a question with – ” what’s the formula for that?” – written all over their faces. The few who risk answering the most basic question seek a language based on equations, but...

Deep and Shallow

What can knowledge be for you? When you consume knowledge, but do not translate it into life, it becomes shallow and useless. When you interpret knowledge, you attempt to make it yours and begin to feel to need to share it with others. Deep knowledge is what changes...

Preparation

Most of my students, who fail to succeed in their evaluation, recognize the lack of a deliberate and systematic preparation. It’s not them, but the system. We undervalue the skill of being prepared to face life’s challenges. But this is an essential...

Windmill

In the film ” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” it took the will of a boy and a simple, cheap dynamo to change the life of a village. Why can’t we do better and when will we start acting like the human family we are? Something needs to change. We should start...

One idea

In every second of your life, numerous ideas come to your mind. Most of them you reject, some you retain, some you write down, only a few you put to the test. We idealize what matters and what doesn’t matter. But how many lives do you know where a single idea...

What can deliberate practice be for you

Deliberate practice requires spending lots of time outside of your comfort zone, working at the things you’re lousy at and accepting criticism from someone smarter than you. (Ashley Hamer)I liked Ashley’s synthesis because it remind me the time I was at...

Why reading is not easy

It’s not about speed but comprehension. There are several easy to apply techniques to improve your reading speed. And reading fast won’t stop you from slow comprehending what you read. Similarly to driving, when you read faster, it demands greater focus....

Background noise

It’s surprising the difference between waking up in a city or in the country. Most of us know that in theory, but the experience is still overwhelming. In the city, there’s this background noise similar to waves. Occasionally, you can distinguish an...