Soul-learning

I’ve underlined this part while reading Kaveh Akbar’s book Martyr! where he wrote about how we can pass down information throughout generations but can’t do that for what he calls “soul-learning”; we’ve always …

My having-oriented understanding of wisdom

I am reading Alone with Others by Stephen Batchelor. The first chapter of the book is about having and being, and this paragraph stood out to me: It is symptomatic of our having-oriented culture that the most …

Building knowledge around central themes

I am reading Julie Bogart’s book, The Brave Learner. The central theme of the book is to make learning a magical, enchanted experience. To find the joy in learning. She suggests to start with putting the interest …

The blank slate theory

The blank slate theory (Latin: Tabula Rasa) “is the idea that we come into the world without any built-in knowledge, and that everything we know comes later through experience.” When I think …

Questions open up space for answers

The episode from Hurry Slowly, titled Nothing Important Comes With Instructions, starts with a quote from Clay Christensen: Questions are what opens up space in your mind for answers. If you don’t ask the question …