Using the Passive Voice
In this video, I explain why there is nothing wrong with using the passive voice.
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Category Archives: Education
Learning and Scarcity
For the longest time, we have heard that education is the best way to achieve social mobility in society without using government redistribution. However, what if intelligence and poverty were connected? I first learned about this connection through Rutger Bregman who became famous for telling
Virtual Communication Doesn’t Curb Creativity
Recently, the title of an article in the journal Nature claimed that “Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation.” The only problem is that it’s not really true. Reading the article, I discovered that it’s not the virtual communication that curbs creative idea generation, it’s the
Specificity Violation: Learning Styles Don’t Improve Learning
To sum up, learning styles go to the content and not the person. There isn’t a medical school teaching surgeons via audio tapes because they’re auditory learners. In fact, learning styles violate a fundamental law of learning: the specificity principle, which means that you teach