Education
Connect with Thomas Friedman Website: www.thomaslfriedman.com | Twitter: @tomfriedman | Most Recent Book: Thank you for Being LateConnect with Vrain WavesWebsite: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalbImportance of Public Education (05:20) Thomas Friedman’s Educational Experiences (06:09) Mr. Friedman’s articles on New York TimesA beautiful tribute to Hattie Steinberg by Friedman Reshaping of our World (08:45) “Now is the time to understand more so that we can fear less.” - Marie Curie3 Climate Changes at once: Mother Nature, Market, Moore’s LawExponential growthMoore’s Law - Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel (09:42) Friedman on Moore’s lawThe Second Machine Age, Brynjolfsson & McAfeeThe back half of the chessboard parable, ForbesFriedman on the chessboard parable and the acceleration of technologyQuantum computingVolkswagon Beetle storyTechnology accelerating at a pace that humans can’t adapt (13:40)Graph that Astro Teller, Google X, drew on Friedman’s wallMother Nature - Resilience & Propulsion (14:21) An Interview with Mother NatureQuestions for us to apply to education within these characteristics (17:32)#ClearTheAir on Twitter - from the amazing @ValeriaBrownEDU and team Teaching ToleranceEpisodes with Manoush Zomorodi / Cal Newport / Natalie WexlerFriedman’s CVLifelong Learning (21:45) Self-motivation divide: Owning Your Own Future - single most important competitive advantageAdvice to his daughters (23:12) Think like an immigrant - Paranoid Optimism Think like an artisan - from The Goldens @ HarvardThink like a starter-upper in Silicon Valley - Reid Hoffman - Always be in Beta (Skyline High School STEM Academy)CQ + PQ > IQThink like a waitress at Perkins Pancake House in Minneapolis - be relentlessly entrepreneurial Identity in the reshaped world (30:25)Friedman on the new gridBinary biasMyth of hemispheric dominance in the brainPersonality Tests (Myers-Briggs: Vox, Adam Grant) The Golden Rule (33:16)Friedman on the golden ruleMarigolds, Jennifer GonzalezThe Eye People (34:13) Brandi Carlisle - The EyeRefrain: “I wrapped your love around me like a chain, but I never was afraid that it would die. You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye.” Dynamic stability - Astro Teller on dynamic stability