Rethinking Education

Charles Chu offers this thought-provoking essay on the importance of education. An important question that he asks… is the correlation between higher education and a country’s GDP because education causes increased productivity? Or does a wealthy country have more time and money to spend on advanced education? Charles suggests that the course of action that is best for each individual may not be the choice that is best for the group.

One Decision

Default positions inform the way we see the world and the way we react to events and people.

Is your default position self or selfless?

… trust or distrust?
… belief or disbelief?
… curiosity or skepticism?
… possible or impossible?
… give or take?
… entitled or grateful?
… arrogant or humble?

When we are unsure how to respond to a situation, we fall back to our default positions. The good news is that we get to choose those positions. All it takes is one decision.