Behavioural Modification 101 – Make it fun
We are wired for fun — exploration and experimentation. If there has ever been any doubt in your mind, this ought to make it clear:
Now how do we apply it to education so that we approach learning with the same enthusiasm? Maybe that will be the next big world-changing “revolution”. Agricultural, industrial, computational and communications, [...]
Mac Apps in Python?
I dared to dream and google turned up the answer to my prayers (but didn’t do anything about my problems with mixing metaphors so your suffering, gentle reader, will continue)… Will Larson’s An Epic Introduction to PyObjC and Cocoa. A proper Mac UI. And Python. Sounds too good to be true! But two tutorials in, [...]
Charlie Munger on The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
One of the most worthwhile things I’ve ever read is Charlie Munger’s talk on The Psychology of Human Misjudgement.
There’s also an expanded version (90 page pdf!) here. Read the short one first, though.