Another Youtube channel I'm rather fond of, again with a heavily philosophical leaning, is Aperture - run by a Toronto-based digital media company called Underknown.
This recent video explores the importance of the Hierarchy of Cognition developed by American educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom, a taxonomy of 'levels of thinking' intended as a framework for the planning of more effective teaching.
While the opening sections about the 'dumbing down' and the increasing tribalism of modern society under the adverse influence of digital media saturation are pretty depressing stuff, the film does ultimately take a more optimistic track, explaining how we can try to break free of these negative influences and continually advance our thinking towards the upper strata of Bloom's pyramid.
And it is absolutely chock-full of ideas I've been talking about in relation to FPL for the past few years...
"Analysis requires emotional distance. Evaluation requires neutrality. Creation requires clarity."
“Thinking begins where impulsivity ends. When you slow your mind, you create the space necessary for thought to grow.”
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