Max Marmer

So many people write about the solutions they’ve found and the things they’ve discovered. I rarely see people write about they problems they are confronting, the different factors they are weighing, the sacrifices they are making and ultimately how they decide. We hear success stories all the time, that follow a traditional story arc: at [...]

On Thursday night I was having dinner with friends and we discussed the topic of Wisdom. What it means, and who has it.
I thought I’d share some of our ideas.
In order to have wisdom you need to have had some success. You can’t have failed all the time. Some success is better than all failure.
Mixed [...]

I’ve written about sports frequently because I think the lessons are incredibly transferable. Athletics are extremely competitive with a long history of results-oriented focus. It’s a huge business, with a lot of attention, money and science aimed at maximizing results. While transferring lessons from a game can be dangerous, because any game is an over [...]

First I recommend you read the previous post on this subject.
Concurrently to that facebook discussion I was having this discussion over Instant Messenger as a result of this tweet: Hypothesis: Future of education is the structure of unschooling combined with resources of a Harvard/Stanford. What do you think?
Cory
i find ur stastus interesting
do u mean something like [...]

Earlier this morning I posted this statement on twitter: Hypothesis: Future of education is the structure of unschooling combined with resources of a Harvard/Stanford. What do you think?
Almost immediately engaged conversation began in number of places. I wanted to share that discussion in a more open space. (Here is part 2)
Below is our facebook conversation lightly [...]