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Feb 1Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

Most problems are created by design. My father went to school in a one-room schoolhouse. When he returned from WWII, he taught in that school for a number of years. He earned a masters degree in Education, ended up running a large school district, and from time to time, he'd mention everything about education worth knowing he learned while in a one-room school. I considered education and saw the beginning attempt at group learning and teaching in the 80's. The current education system needs a complete overhaul. What's left of collaborative learning isn't much compared to what was intended. Learning to work in a group, multi-age, multi-lingual, would be useful in the world today. We'd be geniuses at it if we had been taught that way.

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Feb 1Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

A strong family unit proves this point. If you are blessed to be in one, you have more of a trusted team concept.Not surprising the destruction of this came first.

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Feb 1Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

Intriguing thesis. I'm interested.

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Blowing the system into the smallest, locally controlled element is the best approach. The one room school house is a perfect example. Today that looks like a couple of parents joining together to home school their kids. If their school tax money stayed with the kids it changes the economics of a stay at home parent. Don't need a smart group to figure that out. Same with the rest of the problems. Smallest unit, money with people and let the market innovate with minimal rules.

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Feb 1·edited Feb 1

Show me a surviving high-trust-group outside of Zionism ...

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