Will You Recognize the Next Great Idea?
Cognitive bias keeps leaders from recognizing the next great idea. Eli Amdur on Kahneman, the four factors of persuasion, and the PSD degree.
Don’t Expect to Be Spoon-Fed: Why Critical Thinking Can’t Come With Instructions
A listener asked for step-by-step critical thinking instructions. Eli Amdur explains why spoon-feeding would sabotage the whole point of independent thought.
Alliances Are More Important Than Ever: From the Hanseatic League to NATO and BRICS
From the Hanseatic League to NATO and BRICS, Eli Amdur makes the case for why alliances matter more than ever. Strength in numbers, by the numbers.
Dialogue Deficiency: The World’s Most Insidious Disease
Eli Amdur argues dialogue deficiency may be the most dangerous global crisis. From Plato to Gingrich, here’s why real dialogue is vanishing.
How the Ancient Greeks Educated Me
Ancient Greek education and its three pillars shaped a 1950s American classroom. Eli Amdur on holistic learning and the decline of critical thinking.