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Skill Acquisition
The revival of Pasto Varnish shows how living heritage can survive if knowledge is passed on in time.
Too many rich and prominent people turn out to be egotistical jerks: Brad Stulberg argues for a more grounded path towards excellence.
As technology advances, more opportunities for cheating arise. Large language models aren't posing a new problem; they're how students cheat themselves.
Natural navigator Tristan Gooley joins us to discuss the philosophy of reading nature’s hidden clues — and how relearning this ancient skill can help us see the world, and ourselves, with greater awareness.
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Barbara Oakley, instructor of a popular MOOC, offers strategies for enhancing learning skills by leveraging insights from neuroscience and cognitive science, addressing the challenges posed by our brain's hardwiring in changing habits and acquiring new skills.
Engagement with generative AI is a business essential — but all companies should be vigilant.
Scenario-based learning makes employees active participants in their own learning process, better preparing them for the real issues they may face at work.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.
To keep up with the pace of change, organizations that haven’t already can benefit greatly from exploring skills-based training.
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Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
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Having trouble learning? A PhD engineering professor gives you one key tip.
John Templeton Foundation
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Practice doesn’t actually make perfect. Here’s the willpower equation necessary for elite athletes and musicians.
John Templeton Foundation
Immersive learning creates an interactive environment in which learners have the power to customize their experience.
Kids' underdeveloped brains seem to help them acquire new languages with little effort.
More and more business leaders are starting to lean on learning and development for support in facing essential challenges.