Tag: learning
Learning changes
The way we learn changes. As I prepared for a presentation, I looked at my notes in which the first couple of pages differed drastically from the more recent ones. Those beginnings barely resembled an academic study. I remember that it was a few weeks into this particular graduate course that I realised how I…
What is not learning: 無為 (wú wéi) and good governance
That is what the pursuit of the 道 (dào) entails: an action that leads to less and less doing until there is no doing at all. However, this is not an empty sort of doing because “nothing is left undone” still. 無為 (wú wéi) is not just a “not doing” but an action-less action. Such…
The value of quantity
Often the perception is that it is better to focus on quality. When it comes to the classic quality vs quantity debate, regardless of for what the answer is, the objective is always to produce higher quality. But perhaps it is not as clear cut as it seems. I watched this video about a polyglot’s…