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June 22 · Issue #9 · View online
A monthly curation for those of us who
• Think critically.
• Teach young minds how to think critically.
• Communicate critically assessed information to interested audiences.
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TTT has done impressive work in “flattening the curve”. This is the second, mostly COVID-free month. There is certainly a lot more happening in the world that we need to keep abreast of. Here they are
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3 secrets of resilient people | Lucy Hone
Everyone experiences loss, but how do you cope with the tough moments that follow? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares three hard-won strategies for developing the capacity to brave adversity, overcome struggle and face whatever may come head-on with fortitude and grace.
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The 10 Best YouTube Channels for Book Lovers
A whole section of YouTube is dedicated to reading and discussing books. Say hello to BookTube! BookTube is an unofficial corner of YouTube where book lovers read an astounding number of books and then make videos about them. In this article, we list the best YouTube channels about books and for people who enjoy reading…
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How to find a book without knowing the actual title
Have you ever wanted to find a book, but you don’t know the title? This video and article from Make Use Of has some ideas that could help. |
How to shift your mindset and choose your future | Tom Rivett-Carnac
When it comes to big life problems, we often stand at a crossroads: either believe we’re powerless against great change, or we rise to meet the challenge. In an urgent call to action, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac makes the case for adopting a mindset of “stubborn optimism” to confront climate change – or whatever crisis may come our way – and sustain the action needed to build a regenerative future. As he puts it: “Stubborn optimism can fill our lives with meaning and purpose.”
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Sunday Firesides: Self-Control for What?
— self-control — was considered a prerequisite to becoming a man. Inner poise was sought not for its own sake, however, but for the way it empowered more effective action. Self-control was developed not to avoid conflict, but to keep one’s head in the midst of it; not to deflect confrontation, but to choose the most advantageous circumstances in which to fight. Today, self-control has become the quality of character, but has lost its proactive premise.
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The end of tourism?
The pandemic has devastated global tourism, and many will say ‘good riddance’ to overcrowded cities and rubbish-strewn natural wonders. Is there any way to reinvent an industry that does so much damage?
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In-person services may never operate strictly in-person again
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Harvard lecturer: 'No specific skill will get you ahead in the future'—but this 'way of thinking' will
… the future may be very different: Breadth of perspective and the ability to connect the proverbial dots (the domain of generalists) is likely to be as important as depth of expertise and the ability to generate dots (the domain of specialists).
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Why Intelligent Minds Like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs Embrace the Rule of Awkward Silence
The rule of awkward silence is a great tool of critical thinking–and a key for developing emotional intelligence.
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Beware of lateral thinking
De Bono’s popular theory is textbook pseudoscience: unsound, untested and derivative of real (unacknowledged) research
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What is emergence?
When the same thing changes character in a radical manner — water becoming ice for example —what are the rules, if any, for describing this phenomenon of “emergence”?
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In Praise of Aphorisms
Philosophers reject aphorisms. Yet, even the most iconoclastic of them have promoted aphorisms as a quick and easy method of explaining abstract concepts.
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Writing and the narrative fallacy (2018)
Storytelling is an age old method of communicating ideas. Yet, it can be to much of a simplification to explain complex events of life — the narrative fallacy.
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Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less
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When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
A pleasurable warping of the figuring faculty to contemplate what was there before the before.
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Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction - Facts So Romantic
Even after you understand how an illusion operates, it continues to fool part of your mind. This is the kind of double knowledge we have when we consume fiction.
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