For a parent of young kids and someone deeply interested in the larger project of learning, I think that Peter Gray's Free to Learn is essential reading.

Coddling of the American Mind by Jon Haidt is outstanding and well worth a read. 👌🏼

I think we can take a lesson from Frank Herbert and Dune “He learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.” I also think there needs to be a lot of exposure to different problems.

at @plastic_labs we’re thinking through these same questions:

biased answer:

general answer: Bloom's Taxonomy. it's exactly why that "wrote my essay via GPT-3" works: writing an essay is paraphrasable, whereas telling a novel joke/story is not.

Teach them the skill of focus. It supports the development of all the other skills that we need or will need - and it preserves the joy of doing into the future regardless of automation.

Such an amazing topic Packy - thanks for framing it so well. A few things that help me: 1. Ken Robinson's legendary speech

Such an amazing topic Packy - thanks for framing it so well. A few things that help me:

Here's another great resource maybe even before Replit, @hellorubyworld by @lindaliukas

Taking Children Seriously by @FitzClaridge is the best answer I've found.

Inspired by @ProfEmilyOster's newsletter this AM on Montessori?