If you reward trying, you'd get people feeling entitled and expecting to be rewarded for effort and not for actual results. Why is this bad? Just look at the US education system.
What needs to happen is:
Trying should be encouraged, but not incentivized.
Success should be celebrated.
Failure should not be punished, unless it was caused by negligence or malice.
I get why "social" is so hot right now. We're social beings. It's cool that sharing is easy now. You know what's not cool? Companies trying to turn me into some kind of sharing machine.
The key point is those scientists and engineers were not raised and trained by American society. The cold war drove the education of the handful of born-and-raised American scientists. The cold war is over.
Education can't be fixed by an idea. Education is a cultural, social, and economic "problem".
Psychological tricks like gamifying the system won't change a culture which doesn't encourage learning and sometimes actively discourages it. A Khan Academy won't help students who don't feel at ease at home because their family is riddled with stress and hostility. A Khan Academy won't help a kid who doesn't have access to a personal computer and internet. "But everyone has access to the internet nowadays or will have one real soon, right?" Not even close.
You can't make the teacher a high status vocation as a matter of policy. You can't make teachers respectable authority figures overnight. You can't change the reputation of an education system in the eyes of employers just like that. You can't end racism and discrimination against students with a simple solution. You can't magically eliminate the helplessness and despair of students who know that no matter what they'll do, their lives will turn to shit.
Education is a giant system embedded in society. Innovations are welcomed, but only fools think it can be fixed. If the culture and the society and the economy don't change for the better, the most you can do is patch the education system.
I read TFA. Yes, I know - I must be new here, etc.
Let me save you time. It's the usual self-congratulating corporatespeak. Basically, they discovered it's a good idea to have a good fit between Google and the acquired startup, and a bunch of other common sense "rules" anyone with half a brain could come up with.
Slashdot Mirror
Ironically, this book is about 140 to 150 pages too long.
Also, if this review was shorter, there might have been a chance that I would have read it.
Does Instagram make any money?
If you reward trying, you'd get people feeling entitled and expecting to be rewarded for effort and not for actual results. Why is this bad? Just look at the US education system.
What needs to happen is:
I get why "social" is so hot right now. We're social beings. It's cool that sharing is easy now. You know what's not cool? Companies trying to turn me into some kind of sharing machine.
Black Mirror episode 2 is becoming a reality.
eyePhone from Futurama episode Attack of the Killer App S06E03.
Was I the only one who thought it was kinda sad that he "shared" the sunset with the girl, but he really was there all alone?
I'd love to see a Wind overlay on Google Maps all over the world. Would be great for sailing. That's why we need open data.
I love how all the bill names in the US are named in a way that if you vote against them it sounds like you're a dick. "Senator X voted against JOBS!"
Obligatory PhDComics.
Rein in the wanking.
The key point is those scientists and engineers were not raised and trained by American society. The cold war drove the education of the handful of born-and-raised American scientists. The cold war is over.
This story is a PR piece for iProducts. It has nothing to do with legal or moral issues.
Relevant.
I must be new here, but I click through. Excellent presentation, great data, and a powerful argument. Worth 25 minutes of your time.
Education can't be fixed by an idea. Education is a cultural, social, and economic "problem".
Psychological tricks like gamifying the system won't change a culture which doesn't encourage learning and sometimes actively discourages it. A Khan Academy won't help students who don't feel at ease at home because their family is riddled with stress and hostility. A Khan Academy won't help a kid who doesn't have access to a personal computer and internet. "But everyone has access to the internet nowadays or will have one real soon, right?" Not even close.
You can't make the teacher a high status vocation as a matter of policy. You can't make teachers respectable authority figures overnight. You can't change the reputation of an education system in the eyes of employers just like that. You can't end racism and discrimination against students with a simple solution. You can't magically eliminate the helplessness and despair of students who know that no matter what they'll do, their lives will turn to shit.
Education is a giant system embedded in society. Innovations are welcomed, but only fools think it can be fixed. If the culture and the society and the economy don't change for the better, the most you can do is patch the education system.
Here's an implementation of Bret's ideas in Clojure.
The multitude of platforms and versions and screen sizes is maddening. It's an enormous pointless time sink.
The only solution is to go back to a "write once, run everywhere" platform. Beef up HTML5 and run with it.
As I said, there's always a bigger fish. I didn't claim the Newton was the first tablet, and I'm sure the PoqetPad wasn't the first either.
I'll just leave that here.
This should have been titled "The Effectiveness of Political Donations and Revolving Door Practices".
Can we get an English translation of the summary?
I read TFA. Yes, I know - I must be new here, etc.
Let me save you time. It's the usual self-congratulating corporatespeak. Basically, they discovered it's a good idea to have a good fit between Google and the acquired startup, and a bunch of other common sense "rules" anyone with half a brain could come up with.
Of course they're wrong if they think those are the only things I'm doing to avoid work.
I salute anyone who figured out how to stay productive while working from home.
In the 1980s, capitalism triumphed over communism. In the 1990s, it triumphed over democracy. -- David Korten