“One can doubt to what extent these individuals who mouth the words “freedom of thought” are themselves actually willing to admit freedom of thought, which they most often lay claim to primarily for their own incidental opinions, while considering themselves justified in assailing other opposing views by any means that stands in their power”—Schelling
"In my lectures I often seek to gain favor with my audience through a somewhat comic turn; to entertain them so that they willingly hear me out. That is certainly something bad. I am often pained by the thought of how much the success or value of what I do depends on how I am disposed. More so than for a concert singer." (Wittgenstein, diary entry for 2 May 1930)
The entertainment aspect of lecturing is going to become more important now that high-stakes assessment has become almost useless as a spur to the students to work.
Because I changed schools at a crucial moment, I never learned the skill of taking notes in class. As a result, I got much more out of my lectures than my fellow-students who did. The exception was the honours maths class I took where others not only took notes, but went over them in the evening after class.
It's striking that note-taking is the norm in undergrad classes where the information is all in the textbook, but is barely done in any adult context. I now have an AI summariser for meetings, which is handy, but i still rely mostly on memory.
"In my lectures I often seek to gain favor with my audience through a somewhat comic turn; to entertain them so that they willingly hear me out. That is certainly something bad. I am often pained by the thought of how much the success or value of what I do depends on how I am disposed. More so than for a concert singer." (Wittgenstein, diary entry for 2 May 1930)
The entertainment aspect of lecturing is going to become more important now that high-stakes assessment has become almost useless as a spur to the students to work.
Because I changed schools at a crucial moment, I never learned the skill of taking notes in class. As a result, I got much more out of my lectures than my fellow-students who did. The exception was the honours maths class I took where others not only took notes, but went over them in the evening after class.
It's striking that note-taking is the norm in undergrad classes where the information is all in the textbook, but is barely done in any adult context. I now have an AI summariser for meetings, which is handy, but i still rely mostly on memory.