Setting the Bar
Shane TrotterSetting the Bar explores the timeless and timely lessons needed to thrive in the modern world. We aim to clarify a path towards becoming people of character, capacity, and a life well-lived.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 209 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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What Schools Were Supposed to Be
The ancient Greeks had a word: scholē.
It’s the root of our word school.
Ironically, it originally meant almost the opposite of what we mean today.
Scholē was not primarily about vocational preparation. It was not about workforce readine...
Lessons You Can't Teach, But Must Learn
“If more information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.”
—Derek Sivers
One of the most fascinating psychological experiments ever conducted is known as the Invisible Gorilla Test.
Subjects watch a...
Lesson 3 Challenge and Assignment
“Pain is the source of all values.
“Pain is the source of all values. To numb ourselves to our pain is to numb ourselves to anything that matters in the world. Pain opens up the moral gaps that eventually become our most deeply held values...
Lesson 3: The Big Questions
Lesson and Discussion Questions
“Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to...
Lesson 2 Challenge and Assignment
“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” —E.O.
“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and g...
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Author of Setting the Bar: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Era of Distraction, Dependency, and Entitlement. I write about raising antifragile young-adults with the skills to thrive and self-actualize in a dynamic world. Carry the fire!
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