I’m often perceived as a smartass—and maybe I am. I’ve come to see that I sometimes do with my intellect what others do with their sculpted bodies at the beach or gym. Just as you can tell someone is fit without them overexposing it, I know I can make my intelligence visible without unnecessary displays. […]
Minecraft is not only creating youtubers: its creating movie makers, storytellers and turning every kid into a teacher, with skills in programming, English, chemistry, physics, biology, math, geography, history and engineering. Today, against my best judgment, I sat with my hypnotized kids to find out why these YouTubers playing Minecraft are so mesmerizing. I have […]
I need to introduce a long excerpt before I start: I am a zoologist and the naked ape is an animal. He is therefore fair game for my pen and I refuse to avoid him any longer simply because some of his behaviour patterns are rather complex and impressive. My excuse is that, in becoming […]
“It’s social control as well. What do you do with the kids, right?! In some way, many parents look at school almost like a babysitter, right?! It’s like, ‘I’ve got to go to work.’” This extract from the conversation between Anthony Pompliano and Dwarkesh Patel hit me like a punch in the stomach. It made […]
Once, I witnessed a woman make a fiery statement during a discussion among friends: “(…) It is indeed necessary to make it very clear that we women, precisely because we are strong, beautiful, and independent, are not sitting on a shelf waiting for some man to choose us (poor little things) and grace us with […]
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