Who was Laozi?

Have you ever tried so hard to untie a knot that it just got tighter? Or tried to balance on a skateboard, only to wobble and fall? We are usually told that to win or be strong, we have to push harder. But what if the secret to true strength is actually... letting go? Join Mira and Finn on Philosophy is Not Boring as they travel back in time to ancient China to meet a wise thinker named Laozi! He wrote a famous book called the Tao Te Ching and started a philosophy called Taoism. Laozi realized that nature doesn't rush, yet everything gets done perfectly. He taught a mind-bending idea called wu wei, which means "effortless action." Discover how soft, squishy water is strong enough to carve the giant Grand Canyon out of solid rock! Find out why a stiff, hard tree snaps in a terrible storm, while a soft, bending branch survives. Learn how to use the secret superpower of wu wei to float in the ocean, learn to ride a bike, or even stop an argument like a game of tug-of-war. Get ready to stop forcing things and go with the flow!