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New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When it comes to educating, says Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, a brave failure is preferable to timid success. Fostering an environment where one isn't afraid to fail is tantamount to learning. Human beings are complicated and flawed. Working with those complications and flaws leads to true knowledge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Elizabeth Alexander – poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and arts activist – is president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in arts and culture, and humanities in higher education.Dr. Alexander has held distinguished professorships at Smith College, Columbia University, and Yale University, where she taught for 15 years and chaired the African American Studies Department. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT BIG THINK: Smarter Faster™ Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, we help you get smarter, faster. ​Our experts are either disrupting or leading their respective fields—subscribe to learn from top minds like these daily. We aim to help you explore

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