Talking to yourself

Last October I participated in the Metaverse Catalyst meeting held at he IE School of Science and Technology in Madrid. For Ikhlaq Sidhu, dean of the S&T school, #Metaverse is #Cyberspace. We already spend a lot of time on it (like, right now!) and will keep spending more and more. I agree with him. Lots and […]

When prejudice is worse than bad

Everyone has prejudice. And… we like them. The reason, I believe, is simple: prejudice is convenient. Daniel Willingham has shown in his book ‘Why students don’t like school’ how thinking is demanding. And that, in spite of our ability to do so, how we suck at it. Prejudice helps you ‘save’ thinking. In a given situation […]