Justin Foeppel

Friday, May 12, 2017: Persist Toward Proficiency

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What does learning mean? What does proficiency mean? How do you know you are making progress toward mastery of a topic? These are simple questions, yes. However, in practice do you really know? You may be thinking ‘Sure, I know what these mean.’ What do they look like? You’re in luck, I have an experience […]

Sociology VS Biology: How do Pirsig & Munger Suggest We Respond to Black Lives Matter?

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The connections we make as we read are amazing and never cease surprising me! You may be thinking ‘Why should I care?’ In what follows I will tell you why. Recently, I made a mental connection while reading Lila by Robert M. Pirsig between this book, some words from Charlie Munger, and the racial unrest […]

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 On Persistence

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Have you ever had a lot invested into something and been disheartened at the results? Have you started an effort, questioned whether you’re really interested in it, and quit the effort for well-reasoned purposes? Me too. I have been writing this blog for about a year. Not much has come of it. I had a […]