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Wednesday Wrap-Up: Author Rob Goodman on the Life of Claude Shannon

“[Claude Shannon is] someone who is absolutely essential in everything we take for granted in 20th century to 21st century tech – from the internet to mobile computing to artificial intelligence, he was …

Written by Caitlyn Scheel

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Steve Jobs

“After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it …

Written by Guest

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Ralph Lauren

“I never went to fashion school. I didn’t know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn’t know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.” Ralph …

Written by Cameron Sorsby

Core Elements of the Praxis Education Experience

We have made some exciting changes to the Praxis Education Experience and it’s been even more exciting to see those changes come to fruition since implementing them over the past two months and new …

Written by Praxis Staff

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Travis Kalanick

“Stand by your principles and be comfortable with confrontation. So few people are, so when the people with the red tape come, it becomes a negotiation.” Travis Cordell Kalanick (August 6, 1976 – ) is a …

Written by Guest

The Rise of Machines and the Fate of Humanity

Today’s post was written by current Praxis participant Josh Jaye. Learn more about participants like Josh here. “Americans fear technology in the near future because they see it as a replay of the globalization …

Written by Praxis Staff

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Richard Branson

“Looking back, I believe that the qualities that make for a great entrepreneur – such as boundless energy, a curious nature and, sometimes, an obstinate streak – are not often attributes demonstrated by top students …

Written by Praxis Staff

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Thomas Edison

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) ended his time in school after three months. …

Written by Praxis Staff

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Frank Lloyd Wright

You can’t get it in a university, you can’t get it here, you can’t get it anywhere except as you love it, love the feeling of it, desire and pursue it. – Frank Lloyd …

Written by Praxis Staff

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Wilbur and Orville Wright

“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” – Orville Wright Think science and innovation are closed to people …

Written by Isaac Morehouse

The Doomsayers Are Right (But So Are The Optimists)

Published for The Freeman. It is 1900. Two visitors from the year 2015 arrive at your doorstep. They are here to tell you about the future. One hundred years of horror The first visitor looks …

Written by T.K. Coleman

The Limits of Self-Help, The Power of Systems, & Why We Need Rules to Succeed

One of the commonly cited problems with a great deal of self-help philosophy is the overemphasis on positive thinking, affirmations, visualization techniques, and other motivational tools that produce short-term inspiration but that often fail …

Written by Isaac Morehouse

Study the Greats or Just Do It?

It’s not uncommon for the most devoted students of personal health, or business startups, or filmmaking, or success more generally to be only moderately successful themselves. We’ve all met people who have read every …

Written by Isaac Morehouse

What Machines and Software Can’t Do

At one time, everyone farmed. Few could imagine a world where a great majority of people didn’t spend their energy planting and harvesting food. The Industrial Revolution changed everything dramatically. Eventually, almost no one …

Written by Isaac Morehouse

The New World Of Work

Why isn’t every individual their own company, or an independent contractor? There are some very good reasons, but new technology is beginning to change the equation… One of my favorite economists, Ronald Coase, famously …

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