Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Slide – Incremental change

Scott McLeod

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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[from Clarence Fisher, Literacy as Battleground (and Miguel Guhlin!)]

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Young child sitting on a couch, illuminated by the screen of a tablet they are holding in a dimly lit room.

The Present

Beyond screen time: Rethinking kids’ tech use with the “Goldilocks hypothesis”

The digital world will always entail risks for teens, but that doesn’t mean parents aren’t without recourse.

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High Culture

From fan to showrunner: How “House of the Dragon” creator Ryan Condal landed TV’s biggest job

Ryan Condal, who worked in pharmaceutical advertising before Hollywood, talks with Big Think about imposter syndrome, “precrastination,” and Westeros lore.

Sponsored

Bad at saving? You can blame your “money personality”

There are four money personality types. Which are you?

Neuropsych

The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.

L&D strategy

How to create engaging training videos for employees

These 10 best practices can help organizations develop high-quality and engaging training videos for employees.

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