Matt Bateman

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I’m here, I check in once a week or two

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I got tagged in the thread (the floor bed pics are mine) so I’ve been following it. The response to it is like 50% hate and 50% “this isn’t controversial”, from which I can confidently infer that at least some of it is controversial.

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2mos “image” and expect but don’t cogitate or think discursively. I said “no”. Skimming the comments I think the yesses are equating thinking with mental activity more broadly, which is not crazy but also not especially helpful IMO

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lol. How much is matt.eth going for?

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I’ll be in Roatan for the next several days for the startup societies and crypto cities conference, say hi if you’re there

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I’ve taught it a number of different ways and I don’t think it generally matters all *that* much, but there’s something about how you’re describing it that isn’t clicking I prefer the Montessori checkerboard for various reasons, then branching out to other tricks

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Right but I mean where in the algorithmic process I’ll Google it later :) I’m a bit skeptical that it’s overall simpler but it’s good for children to learn more than one algorithm

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Wait where are the little 1s coming from

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I took myself seriously when I was a young philosopher :) but I also didn’t try to write my Nicomachean Ethics or whatever, I knew I wasn’t wise

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I’ve recently come around to the view that much of this was the aristocratic schools fighting against an emerging middle class. The Academy and Lyceum were offering something like a PhD and the sophists were serving an emerging middle class

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Philosophy is an example of a field in which people tend to ramp up to their best work late, at least historically

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I’m stepping back from my startup and joining the board. Have no experience with being on the other side of boards, and I don’t recall having read anything generally helpful on this. Any thoughts or guidance?

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Interesting, I got tagged in this @dwr.eth

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Even if you never use it, it’s valuable for understanding functions and algorithms, and getting insight into how our digital world works (I also think it’s likely to be used casually even in an AI world)

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Coding should just be part of the math curriculum in elementary school

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Our schools have this on the notifications side

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Synthesis, Retainit, there are a lot of these in very early stages

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I think screens are good Biggest challenge with TV is putting it somewhere so that your room doesn’t organize entirely around it like it’s a shrine (unless it’s a dedicated media room)

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K-12 was like jail. Life began with a 13 year mandatory minimum sentence, the Schoolag Archipelago. Eventually discovered the Feynman Lectures on Physics and ability to self study. Internet wasn’t really there yet. Shaping me? Math. Not really a CS guy. Always a math guy.

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