Non-practice

The problem with education starts in the very early stages.

If you have a child who has a good education at home, it’s likely that child will do well in the first years of school.

If you have a child who learns well in the first 8 years of school, he will likely do well in the next 4 years, at the highschool.

Get a child who studies well in high school, and you get a good student.

People look at students and say, “there’s a low quality in education”.

I think we should look for the reasons at the very first stages. It matters more what you do in the first 8 years + 4 years of high school than what you do in the 4 years in college.

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I would like that rules are kept the same during the game.

If I’m 44 and I will entitled to pension at 65, or at 70, or other thing like that, I would like that this setting does not change when I rach 65/70 years of age.

Sometimes, laws change during the game, and I don’t think that’s fair.

I should be able to know, 20 years before retiring, the age at which I will retire.

In my opinion, things should change for future generations only. So, a law in 2026 should affect those who are about to enter the workforce (less than 18 years of age).

As I see it, this will only force people plan things better for the future.

I think it’s a good exercise to make. (planning things)

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In certain fields, I like training more than I like fighting.

While in London, I took some sport classes, various things, mostly fitness and aerobics.

In one of them, it was about boxing.

Initially, I thought we would do some fights, but I discovered that we mostly did training for an event that never occurred.

But I liked those pieces of training a lot, I think they helped me.

Similarly, in some classes I took some theatrical lessons and in others we also put on a play. I liked the preparation more than the show itself.

In boxing, training requires you do be more fit. To me, that’s the aim itself, not winning a fight.

In preparing for a theatrical spectacle, I get to do lots of things which I enjoy, while the play itself is mostly stress.

It’s like training for a marathon vs. running for a marathon. Training does all the good stuff for you (health, fitness, all is good), while the marathon race itself might not actually be that good for you.

People focus on running a marathon, but training for a marathon might be the better solution.

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How will AI influence teaching?

• Why should one attend conferences? The most important part is seeing a person in person. :) You see a person, you see how they act, you get the message much better.
• In chess, the use of computers made chess accessible to a lot of people. It democratized access to chess for pretty much anyone with a laptop/smartphone/PC. On the other hand, top experts still use human coaches. Personal relationships matter.

So, in my opinion:

• For a person with basic access to Internet, AI will make learning easy. If you wish to learn, and have access to Internet, you will be able to do so.
• On the other hand, I think teachers will still be important, the human touch is here to stay.

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Your life matters (even if you’re not famous) – Darius Foroux:

Here’s what most people get wrong. We think impact only counts when it’s big and public.
But that’s not how impact works.
Think about the people who shaped you most. A parent, teacher, or friend who said the right thing at the right time.
None of them were famous. None of them had an audience. They mattered because they were close to you, not because they were known to everyone.
That’s the rule. Impact moves through proximity, not popularity.

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If you have a habit of not wasting resources, you are an energy-saver.

On the other hand, if you have exceptions to the rule, you are a partial energy-saver.

And if you only save energy from time to time, you are a rare energy saver.

And if you never save energy, you are not an energy saver.

The conclusion? You are what you constantly do.

PS: “You” = “me”.

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Sometimes, I get upset. In a lot of situations, the best solution when this happens, the first tendency is to blame external factors.

But I found out that if I focus, instead, on what I can do, on my own input and solutions, the results are much better.

Most of the time, I can trace errors in my own judgment, rather than focus on external input.

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