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143 - How to Talk to People About Things

You Are Not So Smart

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I'm a Good Teacher, Not a Teacher Who Is Unilaterally Controlling of Every Situation

A lot of the time I think I figured out it wasn't actually the thing that the teacher was saying. Like, if there's a dozen people in the class and half of them have these epiphanies that have nothing to do with what I was saying, I'm good. That's a good teacher. It's not my job to replicate my days in there,. And then it's helpful as a teacher. There's so much value has come from seeking a path of disconfirmation, instead of confirmation. The amount of value in this negotiation isn't stable, so don't act as if it is. So many things that science has given us should have been obvious, but

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