Have you ever felt so much growth in your brain after doing something that would be considered arts and crafts with a side of engineering? That's how I felt after doing my first 3D puzzle. These things are hard, but also super fun, and you build something so aesthetically pleasing as a reward. Let's examine this and how schools and educators in general could potentially get students to enjoy the process of building stuff.
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Brain Training Through Arts And Crafts
Have you ever felt so much growth in your brain after doing something that would be considered arts and crafts with a side of engineering? That's how I felt after doing my first 3D puzzle. These things are hard, but also super fun, and you build something s...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathThe Most Anxiety-Inducing Bush Era Education Policy Artifact
Look at this absolutely unhinged little piece of paper I found from my middle school days that apparently was sent to my parents to report on my progress in the different disciplines. Could anyone figure out what it was trying to say? Let's explore together...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathSomething Our Education System Doesn't Practice Enough
Where are all the explicit pattern recognition and visual spatial reason exercises? How can we encourage more?
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathEssential Life Lesson I'm Still Learning (And Some College Applications Advice)
I found an amazing throwback from senior year in high school that actually is great case study for anyone trying to make a decision on what to do when there's a crossroads in life. So even though this is college applications focused, its lessons can be gene...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathA Conversation With Generation Alpha
Let's talk to the kids and learn from them. This is the first time I've ever interviewed Generation Alpha. These two have a German father and a Chinese mother. It would be fun to interview their parents one day too! I have explicit permission from their par...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathA Brilliant Critique of Society And Relationships By Kurt Vonnegut
A great passage from Kurt Vonnegut's book "A Man Without A Country." There is so much to think about from his diagnosis of the lack of community and extended family-esque kinships. How does that affect romance or marriage? Let's explore by reading this grea...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathI Somehow Read Three Books In A Month
One of the best happy accidents that happened recently. I highly highly encourage all of you to read books, and if you don't know what book to start with, start with Candide by Voltaire. The three books I've read so far (and some of the short stories): http...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathA Random Willpower Exercise That Took Me 26 Years To Complete
Sometimes you have to just finish something, however insignificant it might seem in your mind. Let me know what you think and how you build your willpower.
Open this video on Jerry Liu Polymath2008–2010 Was An Accidental Dry Run To Current Employment Data Confusion
Remember the 2010 census? I remember two of my policy-interested friends getting into an argument about how much that contributed to job growth under Obama's administration. I finally decided to look at the data now that we're more than a decade past that. ...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathGeographical Trivia I Learned From Professor Jiang
I kept hearing Jiang Xueqin say "TurKIye" when mentioning the country I always knew as Turkey, so I had to look it up and ask some Turkish professors about this. Here's what I learned. Did you know this geographical trivia? Follow Jiang here: https://www.yo...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathTwo Assumptions From Economics That Make No Sense
Let's talk about economics. It makes the world go around, but are we even examining its assumptions? Let's explore two issues. I know that there are many schools of economics, and I have not delved deep into all of them, so I hope this video gets people to ...
Open this video on Jerry Liu PolymathThis Uncanny Valley Paradigm FINALLY Makes Sense
This is something that I've noticed since 2021/2022 that's finally made sense courtesy of an amazing video by Ashley Embers. Please go check out her video explaining what preventative botox (and botox) in general does to people's ability to emote. Let me kn...
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