Doing hard things, out-of-shape regrets, and a summer roadmap to human-proofing student cognition before the fall. If you are listening to this on Monday morning, I am already out on the asphalt, somewhere on the road for the Fuller Center Bike Canyon...

Right now, I am in my workshop looking over a staging pile of cycling gear. I’m getting ready to head out on a 750-mile trek with the Fuller Center for Housing, riding from Salt Lake City down through Bryce Canyon all the way to the rim of the Grand Ca...

Dispatches from Curitiba: Why medical deans are racing to bring back Socratic friction to save human cognition Live From Curitiba I am standing in my hotel room in Curitiba, Brazil, completely energized and absolutely exhausted. I just wrapped up del...

The 42-Year Calculus Challenge I just walked out of my end-of-year evaluation with my assistant principal, and I was handed my assignment for next fall: AP Physics with Calculus. I am one part excited and one part completely terrified. I am a chemist b...

👉 Listen/Watch the full episode above. You need to hear the tone and emotion of this week’s message. The Sunday Epiphany This week started in the green room at church. I was talking to one of my bandmates on the worship team, and he confessed somethi...

I received a message this week from a student I taught four years ago. It reminded me that in "Manic May," we are planting seeds we might not see bloom for a long time. The Story of the Echo Yesterday, I received a message from a friend in Kansas tha...

Even the Godfather of digital tutoring admits AI can't make a kid care. Here is why the "Human Check" is the only thing that actually scales in "Manic May." “Manic May” is here. We are in the “Long Sprint”—that exhausted, emotionally spent stretch whe...

Why I trade my emotional energy for Vision Videos and use AI "proxies" to manage 150+ students Summary It is April, the “Long Sprint,” and I’m exhausted. Over the last few days, I have been pouring my heart into Vision Videos. These are individual, r...

Why "Analog Roots" and oral assessments are the only way to beat the AI easy button.  Summary I know it is not Monday morning, but sometimes a conversation is so timely and important that it demands a special midweek release. Today, I am joined by my...

I'm home sick with a raspy voice and a plan to let my graduating "Experts" warn next year's "Novices" why the AI shortcut is a dead end. The “GPS on Black Ice” Problem We’ve all seen it. On Day One in August, new students walk in looking for the “Eas...