Adrift Professor

Nothing special, I'm just an educator who wants to learn everything about education and where do we go from here.

[Adrift Professor @adriftprofessor]

The more I know, the more I know I don't know enough. And that's a great feeling for a teacher. There's always more to learn. Which means, there's always more to teach.

[Derli López @derlilopeza]

Así de simple 💁🏻‍♀️

[Memes Universidad Nacional @nacional_memes]

Te quiero mucho LATAM 🐶

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

The BBC is correct.

[Enséñame de Ciencia @EnsedeCiencia]

En peligro de extinción. 🥲

[J Hunter🍁 @MrJoKeR604]

As a Canadian...

- F🍁ck Trump.
- Buy Canadian.
- Support Canadian.
- Buy Mexican.
- If you can't buy Canadian/Mexican, buy anything other than American.

Americans, this isn't about you, it's about your deranged President.

[manuel hernández borbolla @manuelhborbolla]

De cómo la CIA y EE.UU. inventaron el narcotráfico como lo conocemos hoy

Las agresiones de EE.UU. contra México son mera propaganda imperialista. Sabemos que EE.UU. creó a los cárteles mexicanos y colombianos. Aquí va la información para combatir la propaganda fascista.
🪡🧵

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Kamala Harris' concession speech was ironically the best speech I've heard her give.

Much different tone.

Genuine passion that wasn't seen on the campaign trail.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

MAGA fascists have no fucking idea of the hell that is coming their way. 🎯🎯🎯👇

[Carlos Iván Moreno @carlosivanmoren]

Hoy me registré como candidato a la Rectoría General de mi querida @udg_oficial🙌🏽

Me emociona que lo hice acompañado de mi familia y mi gran equipo de trabajo🫶🏽

Visualizo una universidad para el futuro: cada vez más humanista, innovadora e incluyente

¡Gracias, un gran día!🤓

[Carlos Iván Moreno @carlosivanmoren]

Hoy es un día especial, un sueño hecho realidad

En alianza con @ASU, en @udg_oficial ya tenemos sede académica en LA🏫, donde viven 1.5 millones de migrantes jaliscienses 🇲🇽

Como dijo el Rector @rvillanueval “con este proyecto, UDG continuará cerrando brechas y cambiando vidas”

[Frente Nacional contra Violencia Vicaria A.C. @FNCVVICARIA]

Todo nuestro apoyo para Lety Leal @udg_oficial

#nomásviolenciavicaria
#conlasinfanciasno
#leyvicaria
#FNCVV

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

BE BORING

- Wake up early
- Go for a walk
- Get sunlight
- Lift weights
- Eat healthy
- Limit alcohol
- Cook at home
- Love your family

Boring is the new cool

[𝓑ᥫ᭡ @quesadaaa_]

Please take your days off, these jobs don't care about you.

[Tonatiuh Bravo @tonatiuhbp]

La presidencia del partido @HagamosJalisco entregó las constancias de mayoría a 11 presidentes municipales, 84 regidores y 3 diputaciones. ¡Felicidades a todas y todos los electos!

[Tonatiuh Bravo @tonatiuhbp]

Vamos por el cambio en Jalisco con la primera Presidenta de México, @Claudiashein y gobernadora de Jalisco, @ClaudDelgadillo.

Este 02 de junio vota y #SigamosHaciendoHistoria.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Do you agree?

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

1) The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

The book is much broader, as its title suggests. Its subject is the history of humanity, focusing on why our species has succeeded and how we should think about the future.

I am always amazed by scientific possibilities. Electricity, steel, microprocessors, vaccines and other products are possible only because of our efforts to understand the world and how it works. The scientists and tinkerers who investigate these mechanisms are engaged in a profound process of discovery. Without their curiosity and creativity, no amount of exchange would have produced the world in which we now live.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Today is my wife and my 7th anniversary.

Over the last month, I asked couples who have been married over 50 years what advice they would give to their younger selves.

Here's the relationship advice everyone needs to hear:

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Christopher Nolan doesn’t write detailed outlines.

Instead, he “draws shapes and diagrams and other structural things” to keep the story on track.

Like this, the plot map Nolan used for Inception.

Let me explain...

In storytelling, the idea of structure is everywhere:

• 3 Act
• StoryGrid
• Hero’s Journey

But Nolan claims those restrict his creativity.

He prefers to think in ‘shapes’ rather than in hard rules.

It reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut, who taught about the “shapes of stories” at Harvard.

Kurt broke down all stories into 8 unique shapes.

The engineer in me loves this view of stories. Instead of vague, hard-to-explain ideas, narrative arcs become data points you can plot.

Nolan’s plot map resembles Vonnegut’s “Man In Hole” story shape.

The main character gets into trouble then gets out of it again and ends up better off for the experience.

But Nolan’s a genius — so he layers on even more.

***

As Cobb moves closer to Limbo, he travels “down” the plot map, closer and closer to disaster.

Then he fights his way back “up” to reality.

Nolan’s plot map isn’t just the shape of his story,

It’s also how he designed the world — dreams within dreams.

***

Inception is one of the most complex mainstream movies ever, runs 2.5 hours, and made ~$835M at the box office.

Yet Christopher Nolan fits the entire arc on a one page map.

That’s brilliant.

So, next time you tell a story, give the "shape" idea a try. It may come more naturally than you expect.