
When “just asking questions” morphs into toxic denialism
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they’re “just asking questions.” But what would master questioners George Carlin and Carl Sagan think?
The questions Spotify, Bumble and Medium execs are asking themselves and why you should follow their lead
Two new popular posts in my ongoing “The Questionologist” column for PsychologyToday.com, and a great podcast conversation about the power of questions to improve your life.
When you’re a questionologist, you can’t help spotting beautiful questions in your reading. Below are a few I found by chance in the news.
My immersive first-year reading experience at the University of South Carolina as the chosen book/author.
The curiosity and engagement unleashed by a questioning environment is undeniably powerful and lasting.
Expanding my original Edutopia story by offering up some of the insights and ideas from educators that couldn’t fit in the Edutopia piece—but that are well worth sharing.
How and why Traci Sanders—a longtime school librarian and connoisseur of children’s books—put together a fun curated library of kids’ questioning books here on AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com.
All of us can benefit by grappling with ambitious questions that encourage us to step back and consider possible ways to reimagine our lives or reinvent our careers.
It is especially important in these times to embrace a “questioning mindset”—an attitude or disposition that is curious, open to new information, and willing to ask challenging questions.
MIT’s Joichi Ito’s thoughts on change, questioning, and childlike wonder
Futurist John Seely Brown says “Yes!”
Neuroscientist Susan Greenfied offers a view inside the creative mind.
Airbnb’s $10 billion valuation all started with a Beautiful Question.
Facing disruptive change.
A new art form is flourishing—the art of visualizing talks. See how some skillful visual notetakers have made art out of my beautiful questions presentations.
“You should sue Google!” That half-joking suggestion was from a friend who’d seen a new TV ad for Google—a 1-minute ode to the power of a question.
One question could help you make simple, but meaningful, improvements in your work and life. Interviews with authors A. J. Jacobs and Caroline Arnold.
Warren on the web