One section that really caught my attention was on page 111, where Ed Catmull discusses the concept of failure, and how, "While we don't want too many failures, we must think of the cost of failure as an investment in the future" which is an interesting statement, essentially saying that by making mistakes, we set ourselves up for success in the future.
The issue with this set up is that when you make a mistake, a student doesn't get to learn what caused the error, they are instead reprimanded and seek only to avoid the error ever again, unaware of what actually caused the mistake to begin with. This leads students to focus more on not failing or making mistakes than actually learning.
So in essence, I think society as a whole could learn much from this book, as it recognizes that failure and mistakes are simply part of what makes us humans and the moment we embrace it, we can actually expand our minds and acquire new knowledge.
I'd just like to establish that I really like this book. It's an innovative and intelligent look into the process of everyday workers, and not simply computer animators, and that really makes it special. With just a few more weeks left of writing about this book, I'm excited to share my last few thoughts about the book and I can't wait to see just how this whole thing is going to wrap up. But for now, I'll see you next week.