Think about what you just said: It's not okay for religious people to meddle in your laws of society, but you're allowed to meddle in theirs... you share the same society so why not have a bit of give and take? Separation of church and state was designed to keep the state out of church business, not the other way around (despite popular opinion).
There are a couple of important factors missing from the equation. One is that kids go through various developmental stages and technology is more useful for some of those than for others. Another is that the role of teachers/parents/adults is to train character aspects in education. This is not something that technology can be used as a magic bullet for.
Developmental stages for younger kids are mostly focused on memory development and knowledge acquisition. During this developmental stage the tech is really just information delivery. Once they reach aged 7 or 8 kids start questioning in a more meaningful way, noticing patterns and links - this is where tech starts to get really useful. Around when puberty hits, kids start to realise the world is pretty complex and this is where the "higher dimensional" capabilities of technology really kick in as useful. Communication really starts...
Those learning habits and other aspects which are more about character than learning skills must be communicated and modelled. The communication part is pretty good, but until the tech is as good as being with a person for real, it won't be quite up there. There is nothing that can substitute for mum helping you learn to sew or dad teaching you to swing a hammer in person.
The big four, and others, will likely still be around in 15 years, though definitely not as we would recognize them today!
I think they have learned from the recent past and have some pretty good long-term planning in place. They couldn't have survived as long as they have without a measure of future planning.
Key to their survival is ensuring they transmit their values, purpose, and foundational processes to those who are up-and-coming in the ranks. Even if that is in the form of an AI made in the image of Page, Brin, Jobs, etc... :-)
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What happens when the government mints more cash? They must be destroying value too!
You can't destroy the value of cash, you just divide it. The value exists in the thing for which the cash is merely a placeholder.
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Think about what you just said: It's not okay for religious people to meddle in your laws of society, but you're allowed to meddle in theirs... you share the same society so why not have a bit of give and take? Separation of church and state was designed to keep the state out of church business, not the other way around (despite popular opinion).
There are a couple of important factors missing from the equation. One is that kids go through various developmental stages and technology is more useful for some of those than for others. Another is that the role of teachers/parents/adults is to train character aspects in education. This is not something that technology can be used as a magic bullet for.
Developmental stages for younger kids are mostly focused on memory development and knowledge acquisition. During this developmental stage the tech is really just information delivery. Once they reach aged 7 or 8 kids start questioning in a more meaningful way, noticing patterns and links - this is where tech starts to get really useful. Around when puberty hits, kids start to realise the world is pretty complex and this is where the "higher dimensional" capabilities of technology really kick in as useful. Communication really starts...
Those learning habits and other aspects which are more about character than learning skills must be communicated and modelled. The communication part is pretty good, but until the tech is as good as being with a person for real, it won't be quite up there. There is nothing that can substitute for mum helping you learn to sew or dad teaching you to swing a hammer in person.
Will they still be around in 15 years?
The big four, and others, will likely still be around in 15 years, though definitely not as we would recognize them today!
I think they have learned from the recent past and have some pretty good long-term planning in place. They couldn't have survived as long as they have without a measure of future planning.
Key to their survival is ensuring they transmit their values, purpose, and foundational processes to those who are up-and-coming in the ranks. Even if that is in the form of an AI made in the image of Page, Brin, Jobs, etc... :-)