September 27, 2024

Learning

'Rule 4: Consider everything an experiment.'

I've talked with you about Sister Caritas Kent's ten Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules. They are inspiring and relevant to anyone interested in personal growth, learning, and teaching any subject. This week I stumbled upon a video by curator Sarah Urist Green. In it she holds up each of the rules, and uses their insights as jumping off points to celebrate Kent's whole life.

VIDEO: Art + Life Rules from a Nun

Learning

Maybe the smartest thing about us isn’t inside our heads.

FOLLOW THE THREAD

Learning

We can learn how to govern ourselves.

LECTURE: Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems, Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2009

Learning

We know how to make a “we.”

BOOK: Why We Cooperate

Learning

We inherit what others learned.

BOOK: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter