“Human behavior can be genuinely purposive because only human beings guide their behavior by a knowledge of what happened before they were born and a preconception of what may happen after they are dead; thus only human beings find their way by a light that illumines more than the patch of ground they stand on.”
P. B. and J. S. Medawar
A short reflection on the Shirky Principle in Education – from the perspective of a K12 education company.
A reflection on Marcus Aurelius’s aphorism: “Give full attention and devotion to each act.”
Switching attention leaves residue. Sometimes I feel like I’m swimming through that residue. The schemas I’m holding need focused and sustained attention, and the cludgy remnants of previous mental states and distractions makes the thinking I enjoy turn into thinking that is exhausting (and poorly done).