Dr. David Eagleman

I think it's terrific.

I am very optimistic about this because.

What kids started getting a few decades ago was this opportunity to learn about something right when they were curious about it.

So they want to know how to fix the bicycle tire or what is this space physics thing or whatever.

And they ask the question and get the answer.

Why does that matter?

It's because brain plasticity really happens when you have the right cocktail of neurotransmitters present.

And that cocktail happens to map onto curiosity or engagement.

I'm slightly older than you are, but when we were in school, the teacher teaches you the thing.

They just dump everything, like, oh, the Battle of Hastings happened in 1066, and you may or may not ever need to know that.

But what kids get now is information right in the context of their curiosity, and that makes a big difference, because stuff really sticks.

And I have been extraordinarily impressed

With young people that I meet, I meet all these young people who say these extraordinary things.

I say, wow, how did you know that?

And they, you know, they've watched TED Talks.

They've asked Alexa.

They've talked to ChatGPT.

And they get the information and it sticks.

Super interesting.

Plus, you remember how dinner table conversations used to go, which is that everyone argues about something, and then someone says, well, I think it's this, and the other person says, no, I think it's that.