Our education system is a obsolete. It was designed for a world that’s radically different from the world we live in today. We now know infinitely more about how, when and why people….all people of all ages…actually learn. We now live in an age where the entirety of human knowledge is available at our fingertips. […]
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Why the future belongs to the freaks…like you.
Two weeks ago, I launched the Big Idea Machine. Then, I stopped. I didn’t stop because I don’t want you to have the Big Idea Machine (because I really, really do want you to have it). No, I stopped because I had an epiphany. This wasn’t your run-of-the-mill epiphany, either. It came to me under fire […]
What your kids know about life that you forgot
Fearlessness. Uninhibited curiosity. An unquenchable thirst for adventure. Kids are magical creatures with an unimaginable capacity to adapt and learn from the world around them. Kids see the world through a lens of possibility. When confronted with a risk vs reward scenario, adults spend a lot of time detailing and categorizing all of the risks. Kids […]
Lies from High School | The No Toilet Paper, Nakedness & Vampires Edition
I went to public school and I’m an entrepreneur. I didn’t become an entrepreneur because I went to public school. In fact, I’ve had to do a metric ton of de-schooling over the last, er, lots-o-many years to get here. Between the ages of 13 and 18, we’re learning how the world works, how to […]