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Destiny Ogedegbe: A Public Intellectual, Law and Resilience
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Destiny Ogedegbe is a Nigerian lawyer and Master of Law candidate at Harvard Law School. He is a public intellectual and advocates for the popularising of insights and ideas that could change the path of hegemonic systems of society and aspires to teach and write.
Destiny begins with an in-depth analysis of a previous theory on his social media juxtaposing law and math, and the reason for education.
He argues that learning should be for the sake of learning, using the example of Math. Destiny believes that like the sense of smell, math is a sense of pattern intrinsically woven into the fabric of reality that all people appreciate. He argues Mathematics is not just a sequence of numbers and equations. The simple calculations and theories are only representations of people’s reflections and conclusions of already existing metaphysical phenomenons. What seems like boring, repetitive, presumably pointless calculations and routines build a “muscle strength” to heighten the sense of pattern for real-world problem-solving.
The conversation segues to the importance of mentorship in education and personal development. We explore the Socratic method of learning and the importance of guidance that helps students to come to their own conclusions.
We investigate “greatness”, and why resilience may be an “unteachable” non-negotiable trait for success. As well, we delve into leadership, purpose, love, perseverance and intellectualism.
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