The 5Ds of national decline
"We can neither endure our vices nor their remedies." - Livy about the Roman Empire Whether it is riots, strikes or feelings of...
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hbsingh
Jul 124 min read
Popular does not equal good
Today's short blog is on a subject that seems so obvious, but we often fall into logical fallacies around it. Popular does not equal...
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hbsingh
May 103 min read
Thinking charitably
Why hadn’t I heard of the concept of "charity" in critical thinking?.... maybe because it’s a lost art. Have you come across the idea in...
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hbsingh
Apr 204 min read
Critical thinking - explained
Our public square is broken. For the first time since records began, more Americans say they have no trust in the mainstream media than...
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hbsingh
Mar 153 min read
13 questions whilst you read
"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you." – W. Somerset Maugham I was probably the anti-example (if that...
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hbsingh
Mar 104 min read
Short book recommendations
I seek out short books to read. Short books might lack the snob-value that War and Peace or the Count of Montecristo has but these short...
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hbsingh
Mar 12 min read
Different ways to read a book
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”― Lemony Snicket. You can only read a book front to back, right? Wrong....
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hbsingh
Feb 186 min read
Step by Step mentoring
“We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” — Whoopi...
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hbsingh
Feb 124 min read
The model mentee
“Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson I was a lousy mentee. A really lousy mentee...
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hbsingh
Feb 25 min read
Why mentor?
"Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction" - John C. Crosby I used to enjoy a podcast called...
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hbsingh
Oct 27, 20237 min read
Learning is testing
“Don’t confuse recognising information with being able to recall it.” - Adam Robinson This is the final installment of the learning...
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hbsingh
Oct 6, 20238 min read
Revision tips 1: Learning is training
“Learn from the mistakes of others … You can't live long enough to make them all yourself!” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Over the last 8 weeks...
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hbsingh
Sep 29, 20234 min read
Neurodiversity - different ways of learning
“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” - Marvin Minsky Much of what I have written about is targeted at...
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hbsingh
Sep 22, 20234 min read
What do we really mean by learning?
“If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.”- Howard Gardner Over the last couple of weeks, we have gone...
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hbsingh
Sep 15, 20236 min read
How to remember long term?
“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.” - Bob Dylan I hope you love this one! I have enjoyed researching it. So far...
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hbsingh
Sep 8, 20235 min read
Making things memorable
“Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.” - Thomas Fuller So far in the series we...
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hbsingh
Sep 1, 20235 min read
How to learn intensely
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically” - Martin Luther King, Jr. In this series, we are...
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hbsingh
Aug 24, 20234 min read
Creating curiosity
“Genuine learning is impossible without curiosity.” – Naval Ravikant For Blog 73, we are tackling a thorny issue around learning....
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hbsingh
Aug 18, 20235 min read
The 5 steps of learning
'I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand ' - Confucius Your brain works like Google - a cue can access memories...
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hbsingh
Aug 11, 20235 min read
Why do we learn?
“A man who asks, is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.” - Chinese Proverb I find learning a fascinating...
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