Anat Eshed

Developing the human capacities AI cannot replace through experiential learning Artificial intelligence can now help us answer questions, generate ideas, analyze information, write code, create plans, and perform tasks that once required considerable time or expertise. But there are questions AI cannot answer for us: Who am I when the plan fails? How do I respond when another person sees the world differently? What am I overlooking because of my own assumptions? How do I know that the...

Thaipusam in Singapore and the discipline of cultural humility I walked out of my hotel in Little India thinking I knew what the morning would be: spice-scented air, bright shopfronts, scooters threading through traffic, and my mind already sprinting toward the workday. Instead, I stepped into something that stopped time. A stream of barefoot devotees moved slowly and purposefully down the street. Some carried towering kavadis adorned with peacock feathers, flowers, and bells. Others carried...

How Japan Taught Me Cultural Humility: The Multiplier Skill We Can’t Afford to Ignore Before traveling to Japan, I read a travel article written by a woman who had recently visited. She complained about almost everything: the rules, the lack of trash cans, the food, the etiquette, the systems, and the social expectations. By the end, I had the strange feeling that she had traveled very far only to discover that Japan was not home. And that, I think, is one of the great missed opportunities of...