You can just not do things

A guide to building an education more valuable than a college degree.

Sep 11 • 

Sam Vuong

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10

August 2025

How great minds were once formed

Learning that has stood the test of time and why school stifles this

Aug 13 • 

Sam Vuong

16

5

July 2025

Don't fly too low

The antidote to stagnation is a curriculum of ambition.

Jul 17 • 

Sam Vuong

29

2

Where greatness is banned

An education that fears heroes inevitably produces citizens who fear the future

Jul 2 • 

Sam Vuong

19

6

June 2025

Beyond Bezos and the Google Founders

building the largest open source dataset of Montessori alumni, weekend side-project edition

Jun 4 • 

Sam Vuong

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Karel Vuong

8

May 2025

Contrarianism is the new alpha

How to think (and raise kids) differently in a conformist world

May 7 • 

Sam Vuong

10

4

April 2025

Agency is eating credentialism

Having high agency is a personal moat in the future of work and life

Apr 24 • 

Sam Vuong

13

4

Microschools are creating more choice in education

The decentralized movement poised to solve some of education's biggest problems

Apr 17 • 

Sam Vuong

7

6

On cello, cantonese, and learning from scratch

The case for self-directed learning and discoveries as an adult beginner

Apr 10 • 

Sam Vuong

7

2

AI and the future of writing instruction

How AI exposes the fragile state of writing instruction, and what to do about it

Apr 3 • 

Sam Vuong

12

2

March 2025

Do we need an education rebrand?

Why terms like “alternative education” are holding us back from choice

Mar 26 • 

Sam Vuong

5

Predictions on how AI will transform K-12 education

From 2 hour learning to AI tutors, here's how school might never be the same

Mar 19 • 

Sam Vuong

8

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