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Mark Szpakowski

The Tech Elite's Quest to Reinvent School in Its Own Image | WIRED - 0 views

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shared by Mark Szpakowski on 29 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • The experimentalism isn’t just a means to an end—an attempt to discover the perfect school. The experimentalism is the end.
  • Over the years, Khan had occasionally pursued the idea of starting a school
  • That same year, Khan ran his first summer camp for younger kids, and at the end of it one of the parents begged him to start a school.
    • Mark Szpakowski
      Mark Szpakowski on 05 Nov 15
       
      School in context of quest (raising a child), like the Ender's Game academy. In this case it's planetary thrival game. Ie, the school looks 7 generations ahead.
  • Mark Szpakowski on 29 Oct 15
     
    School and learning as playground for sensemaking. Being on the cusp of the cusp of the question is where it's at: in this case the kids are putting together their own school as their first question.
Stian Danenbarger

ScienceDaily: Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest' - 4 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...091208155309.htm

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shared by Stian Danenbarger on 25 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Given how much is to be gained through generosity, social scientists increasingly wonder less why people are ever generous and more why they are ever selfish
  • the more generous we are, the more respect and influence we wield
  • I've found that parents who start consciously cultivating gratitude and generosity in their children quickly see how much happier and more resilient their children become
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  • Because of our very vulnerable offspring, the fundamental task for human survival and gene replication is to take care of others
  • Stian Danenbarger on 25 Jan 10
     
    "Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive."
  • Stian Danenbarger on 25 Jan 10
     
    Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychologist and author of "Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life," and his fellow social scientists are building the case that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, altruistic and compassionate traits.
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