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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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We believe that all learning should be taught as problem solving.

That epistemology would change everything.

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Feb 1Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

LIFE is an open-book test. If you are never taught how to use the book, you are at the beck and call, at the effect of circumstance. We have been taught to get along with our age group. Imagine working with people of all ages! The current system stunts people for life. With many children with one or no siblings, learning to collaborate is a skill experienced, not taught.

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You can absolutely have experience while learning. Thats why jiu jitsu is so effective.

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The experience tied to most classrooms is not what is taught but how to respond to authority, not how to investigate but what to regurgitate as truth. All true/false tests should be T/F Other, and BOTH. Might be a more valid exam.

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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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Precisely.

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

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What do you mean? There are plenty of high trust systems. DAOs. Mastermind groups. Seal Teams. Bitcoin. Peer-to-peer lending systems. Network States.

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Thanks for the info and indication of kinds.

Do you think any of these (alledgedly high-trust) systems currently has or will have influence on future outcomings for general humanity ?

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Bitcoin is already a physical force. But it is slow to be adapted. Network States are digital countries and can be run in many different ways. Here is the book on that https://thenetworkstate.com/

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Feb 1Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

Thanks for the link !!👍👍

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