Scott H Young

I hope you’re having a good summer! I’ve been meaning to do a newsletter sharing some thoughts on a few books I’ve read recently. Here are some books I found interesting:

1. Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoeck

Part socio...

Recently a reader asked me how to stay motivated to do the work after being dealt a number of setbacks. How do you keep studying when you’ve failed the exam three times already? How do you keep sending resumes when you’ve been turned down after each interview? How do you persist when all you experience is failure?

This is a problem I’ve thought a lot about, both intell...

A lot of ink is being spilled about the effects AI is having on learning and education.

The drawbacks are obvious. For many classroom assignments, AI is now good enough that it can simply do your homework for you. But having AI do your homework is self-defeating. You can’t learn without doing the work.

That said, the opportunities AI may provide are numerous. Al...