Figuring Out How to Live

Antiquated models of learning do not prepare us for life's most important lessons

Here is this week's thought experiment. When were you ever rewarded for NOT knowing? If you are of a certain age, learning was a formulaic dance between teacher and student, whereby the teacher dispensed a collection of information to be acquired by the student. The student would demonstrate mastery by arbitrarily regurgitating the data to the teacher. …