It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
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But the indeterminate future is somehow one in which probability and statistics are the dominant modality for making sense of the world. Bell curves and random walks define what the future is going to look like. The standard pedagogical argument is that high schools should get rid of calculus and replace it with statistics, which is really important and actually useful. There has been a powerful shift toward the idea that statistical ways of thinking are going to drive the future.
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What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of statistics over calculus for understanding the future.
Peter Thiel highlights the growing significance of probability and statistics in comprehending future events. He argues that as the world becomes more complex and uncertain, a statistical approach is increasingly essential for making informed decisions, suggesting that educational systems should prioritize statistics to equip students with the necessary tools for navigating this uncertain future.
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StatisticsEducationFutureProbabilityData
In practice
Example use cases
In a lecture about modern educational methods, this quote can be used to advocate for statistical literacy.
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