As parents we often want to share our wisdom with our children. The older I get the less advice I try to give them, even though I think I know more than I did when they were younger. They have to come to that knowledge through their own experience. Sometimes learning a lesson from a parent is harder than learning it from Kevin Kelly.
Psychologist and writer Adam Mastroianni says our minds are like the keep of a castle protecting our deepest held values and beliefs from even the most skilled attacks. The only problem with this design for self-preservation is that it also can keep out wisdom that might be both useful and true. Mastroianni's summary of the problem is "you can't reach the brain through the ears." Listen as Mastroianni talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the implication of this view of mind for teaching, learning, and our daily interactions with the people around us.