She avoided political topics, explaining that her gratitude toward Mr. Putin outweighed her grievances with his government.
"Over time it has not been seen as one of the sexiest topics," explains Pieter Everaers, a director at Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In 40 lists, List/01 includes topics that are better listed than explained (supermodel day rates), topics explained by their listing (international illiteracy rates) and topics explained in a list (death row inmates' last meals: John Wayne Gacy ate four courses of fried foods, with fresh strawberries for dessert).
"We're trying to build a platform for e-learning/video learning across all topics," explains co-founder and CEO Christian Owens.
The first tract, De introductionibus (On introductory topics) explains the concepts used in traditional logic nomen (noun), verbum (verb), oratio (phrase), propositio (proposition)—and presents the divisions of and the (logical) relationships between propositions.
"It is designed to have our players first share their voice on fun topics, like music and memes, and then later share their voice on current events and other more serious topics," explains Miao.
Each interview lasted between 40 and 90 min. At the beginning, the participants had the general topics explained to them and were encouraged to express their ideas freely.
One of the best strategies a lecturer can use is to assign reading before the class and test students on it in the lecture, breaking into peer-to-peer learning groups where those who have understood the topic explain it to those who haven't.
If you're going to start a topic, explain it till the end.
Know when to stop, change the topic, explain and end the conversation.
