{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Curiosity Chronicle","title":"Productive Discomfort: The Socratic Method","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":577,"description":"Welcome to the 398 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Friday. Join the 28,496 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. Share this on Twitter to help grow the tribe!\nToday’s newsletter is brought to you by M1 Finance!\nM1 Finance is an all-in-one finance super app - allowing you to invest, borrow, and spend on one easy-to-use, technology-driven platform. I am a longtime fan of the product, but have truly been blown away by the accelerating pace of new product rollouts. M1 has no minimums and offers smart auto-invest, zero commission trades, and so much more. I love the platform and know you will too!\nJoin thousands of other happy customers and open an M1 account today!\nToday at a Glance:\nChildren ask questions to understand the world around them and establish first principles; but somewhere along the way, they are told to stop exploring.\nThe Socratic Method is a cooperative, argumentative process of asking questions to expose flawed logic, establish first principles, and generate creative, imaginative solutions to complex problems.\nIt can be put to use in a wide variety of scenarios, including in the worlds of investing, startup building, and education.\nProductive Discomfort: The Socratic Method\nHumans are born with remarkable curiosity. But somewhere along the way, we are told to stop asking questions. We are told to just accept things. We are told to stop exploring.\nThe result? Unimaginative, linear minds and atrophied critical thinking skills.\nFortunately, there is a proven strategy for reclaiming your curiosity, stimulating critical thinking, and establishing first principles.\nThe Socratic Method.\nIntroduction\nThe human mind is naturally wired for critical thinking.\nChildren are born with an innate curiosity - a desire to understand the world and all of its complexities. If you have kids (or have been around them), you’ve seen this in action. They constantly, incessantly ask “Why?” about...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nO1oo__jWE5MpZsRfwEO_6q4py16kwv8WwJybce4FA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxOTcwLzE2NzEx/MzU5MDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}