SELF & STORY: IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGG HURWITZ | Ralston College
Gregg Hurwitz gives an interview for a group of students at Ralston College, responding to questions at the intersection of story, psychoanalysis, artistic praxis, and self-actualization. Hurwitz’s impressively ranged professional experience and eclectic interests contribute greatly to the value of his perspectives and his advice will resonate with anyone pursuing work in the arts.
HOW TO COMBINE ACTION & CONTEMPLATION | Johnathan Bi
Today, scientists and philosophers seem a world away from the business or political elite. The caricature of the specialist intellectual is now almost in stark contrast with those in high positions. Johnathan Bi and classicist Katharina Volk discuss the period of Greco-Roman history when the stereotype of political ruler and pensive scholar were fused, focusing primarily on the lives of Caesar and Cicero.
HOW THE LANGUAGES WE SPEAK SHAPE THE WAYS THINK | Lera Boroditsky
Those of you who’ve seen the 2016 film Arrival may already be familiar with this concept. Sometimes called the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Linguistic Relativity proposes a connection between our cultural lexicon and the process of thought. Linguist Lera Boroditsky presents some of her team’s research from different cultures and languages around the world exploring this connection.
HOW WE LEARN VS HOW WE THINK WE LEARN | Robert Bjork
This lecture was particularly formative for me when I first became interested in education and I find myself returning to it frequently. Robert Bjork, a research professor at UCLA, juxtaposes traditional methods of learning against some more effective, albeit counter-intuitive, methods. It challenges a lot of the long-held myths we perpetuate about best practice in receiving and processing information. A must-watch for anyone interested in lifelong learning.