juraj on Nostr: A lot of people when they talk about solving societal problems jump straight to ...
A lot of people when they talk about solving societal problems jump straight to suggestions about fixing education. That almost never works. Even when the correlation is there, the causality is usually the other way around (rich societies have more money to spend /waste for education, they are rich first).
There are many reasons why it does not work, but one view is useful. Information is abundant. The teacher in school does not need to read a book to us, we can read ourselves, or let AI describe that. The way to learn is to engage with a topic. In other words pay attention. The teachers know this and repeat it to students. "Pay attention!"
We don't pay attention to boring, uninteresting stuff. We need to be engaged with it first. Is it a date to remember or a fundamental law that we need to understand in order to finish our project that we're engaged in.
It used to be that information was scarce. With printing press, information started to be free. That was accelerated with internet. What became more important is how to apply the information. Now with AI, this is also demonetized.
Now it's only about our attention.
The teachers in school direct our attention. But they often have to drive it to some centrally planned content(*). Which is boring, often useless at least during childhood when it's presented and thus forgotten before we actually need it.
The only superpower remains - where do we put our attention? Can we actually control it or is it controlled by apps, advertisers and propaganda?
"If they lose our attention, they lose their power" (by jack (nprofile…nj96) )
It is crucial step in The Merge, but I'm not spoiling anything more.
https://youtu.be/cWO08RexBLg?si=hzm070jNwWdvMslT
(*) Also known as mandatory curriculum. It's quality is similar any other "service" provided by the state. Remember your experience at the DMV, or trying to call the tax office. Yes, same quality.
There are many reasons why it does not work, but one view is useful. Information is abundant. The teacher in school does not need to read a book to us, we can read ourselves, or let AI describe that. The way to learn is to engage with a topic. In other words pay attention. The teachers know this and repeat it to students. "Pay attention!"
We don't pay attention to boring, uninteresting stuff. We need to be engaged with it first. Is it a date to remember or a fundamental law that we need to understand in order to finish our project that we're engaged in.
It used to be that information was scarce. With printing press, information started to be free. That was accelerated with internet. What became more important is how to apply the information. Now with AI, this is also demonetized.
Now it's only about our attention.
The teachers in school direct our attention. But they often have to drive it to some centrally planned content(*). Which is boring, often useless at least during childhood when it's presented and thus forgotten before we actually need it.
The only superpower remains - where do we put our attention? Can we actually control it or is it controlled by apps, advertisers and propaganda?
"If they lose our attention, they lose their power" (by jack (nprofile…nj96) )
It is crucial step in The Merge, but I'm not spoiling anything more.
https://youtu.be/cWO08RexBLg?si=hzm070jNwWdvMslT
(*) Also known as mandatory curriculum. It's quality is similar any other "service" provided by the state. Remember your experience at the DMV, or trying to call the tax office. Yes, same quality.