Challenge of the human spirit and self-improvement can be just as rewarding in the present as in the future.
a. There is always more to learn! -- Read, study, play
b. Explore new activities, ideas, places: get lost, laugh about it, learn from it and then find your way
c. Use competition and grades to push yourself and celebrate achievement
d. Express yourself creatively, and honestly
Cogito Tute: What do you think this means?
a. Learn and use science to understand the world
b. Reject sloppy thinking
c. Reject peer pressure
d. Truth is outside morality – reject wishful thinking.
e. Always ask “Why?”
f. Look out for bias and persuasion, especially in the media
g. As children you must obey your parents, but believe only what makes sense to you.
h. Examine yourself for your own bias and unexamined assumptions. In what ways will our great-grandchildren look back upon us the way we look upon slavemasters 150 years ago?
i. Never forget the difference between “arbitrary” and “natural”, and deliberately submit to (or reject) arbitrary conventions (e.g. submit to 24 hour days, reject slavery)
j. In the words of Issac Asimov, never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what is right. That is: don’t be a slave to your own principles; recognize and allow exceptions.
