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Happy Thursday folks!

Here is my favorite passage of the week, two quotes and book of the week with two important lessons to ponder on:

Passage of the Week:

Author Matt Haig’s little plan for a happy life:

Two Quotes:

Book of the Week with 2 Important Lessons:

The book of the week is Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan.

An important, optimistic and invaluable guide on how generative AI will transform education and learning; its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good.

Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, has been a pioneer in the field of educational technology since long before the rise of artificial intelligence. So the vision he lays out in this book for how AI will improve education is well grounded. Sal argues that AI will radically improve both outcomes for students and the experiences of teachers and help make sure everyone has access to a world-class education.

Here are two important lessons from the book:

1) Our creativity gains value when we are exposed to the creativity of others:

When it comes to technology and education, it is not that technology is good or bad, it is how we use it that matters. Ideally, we use technology in the education space to enhance social connections, emotional development, and character.

Generative AI is actually creative in much the same way that we often are, does this mean that it will diminish the value of human creativity? Sal Khan don’t think so. He says, our creativity gains value when we are exposed to the creativity of others. We become more creative when we brainstorm with other creative people, because we riff off one another and build off one another’s thoughts. A generative AI world will only accelerate this process.

The best ideas will come not from AI creating for us but when the AI is creating and riffing with us. Much like poets hanging out at a café in Paris, humans and AI can augment each other and inspire a mutually creative process. When it comes to learners engaging with their creative sides, there is something profoundly unique and wondrous happening when students use AI. Sal Khan find that AI is best deployed as a device to promote a child’s interests and passions, and to teach new ones too.

2) If used well, generative AI ultimately strengthens a parent’s ability to help their kids learn and grow:

The AI tutor knows the material and is a subject-matter expert that can provide personalized, adaptive learning exercises based on a student's individual needs and abilities. It can also offer immediate feedback and adjust its teaching methods. Unlike any parent I know, the Al tutor has endless energy and no other job but to be on call to help a student all day, every day, whenever and wherever our kids need it, whereas we, as parents, are... well, only human.

All the while, generative Al platforms are able to offer interfaces that allow parents to keep track of the conversations that their children are having with the AI, affording them a window into exactly what a child has been learning. The AI can also proactively reach out to students and parents through texts designed to ensure that learners remain engaged and motivated while the Al holds them gently accountable.

Books I am currently reading:

Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament by Michael A. Singer. A transformative and highly anticipated guide that will be your compass on an exciting new journey toward self-realization and unconditional happiness.

Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire: How to Transform Setbacks into Extraordinary Success by Kim Perell. In this book, Kim Perell shows how mistakes aren’t detours but stepping stones, offering a roadmap to bounce back with confidence and transform failures into opportunities.