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Taking Children Seriously - philosophy of parenting
Elliot Temple about Taking Children Seriously Continue reading
16 things I know are true but haven’t quite learned yet
David Cain about things that he knows are good for him but he still only does them seldomly. Continue reading
Why don't we try really doing things
‘More Dakka’ by Zvi starts as a review on Eliezer Yudkowsky’s book Inadequate Eqilibria, and then turns to apply ideas of The Thing and the Symbolic Representation of The Thing by Zvi, and Scott Alexander’s Concept-Shaped Holes Can Be Impossible To Notice to expand on whys and hows of the problem that I can only vaguely name as “Why don’t we try really doing things”. I do recommend reading all three posts, it was a feel-good delta knowledge for me. Here I will focus on ‘More Dakka’ which expands on why we do not try seemingly obvious solutions, or attempt and never finish. Continue reading
Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed
Avichal Garg on Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed — an interesting article from the guy who co-founded one in 2001. Continue reading