Why Play (Instead of Structure) Means Better Skills
Atlantic
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6/20/14
“The more time children spend in structured, parent-guided activities, the worse their ability to work productively towards self-directed goals.”
Should Students Have Laptops in Class?
Slate
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6/15/14
“Students who lack the self-discipline (or handwriting ability) to look away from the screen and take paper notes will not learn as much, or as well, in college. But that’s their responsibility. What’s going to happen when (if) all these laptop-policed students get jobs?”
Do More Through the Disciplined Pursuit of Doing Less
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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2/10/14
“When people really get a chance to think, to have the space... they can quite easily discern between the things that are essential to them and those that are not. The problem is not our ability to discern, it’s that we don’t have the space to take the time to discern.”