idolaspecus

há 5 anosdiscuss

This is basically how I hope to tackle the problem. I’d like to try and fill my own life with more practical endeavors and then weave in intentional/intellectual/thoughtful moments where we (me and kid) consider whatever slightly more abstract principles are in effect at that particular time. I’m having a hard time believing this is not much much much easier said than done though.

idolaspecus

há 5 anosdiscuss

My intuition tells me this is the crux of the matter: If I spend my time in the kitchen and the garden and wrenching and cutting and repairing, then my kid will be drawn to like activities. I hope I can behave accordingly and I hope you're right!

idolaspecus

há 5 anosdiscuss

> One big realization I’ve had is that children really grow when their parents aren’t around. Schools may suppress agency, but so do parents.

This sounds like a good point, I'm going to try to keep it more in mind, thanks.

idolaspecus

há 5 anosdiscuss

My first child is due any day now and I’ve been thinking a lot about the central problems presented in this article. But I don’t know what to do about them. Should I keep my son home with me, allocate mornings to academics and afternoons to more practical endeavors? Should I teach him to cook? To garden? To build cabinets? To train a dog? To do his taxes? Should I send him to public school but supplement his learning with what I believe he should learn, topics like statistics and probability and finance? Should I teach him Latin? JavaScript?

I personally feel like I am capable of providing an “agentic” education but I almost certainly won’t have the time nor the persuasive powers to convince a (hopefully) rebellious 7 year old that, say, grammar matters and gardening is dope. Seeking any suggestions.

idolaspecus

há 5 anosdiscuss

It sounds like Beej needs to write a "Beej's Guide to Writing Guides".

idolaspecus

há 6 anosdiscuss

Is the rest marketing bullshit because of insurmountable technical challenges or is it because you have to __trust__ the VPN service? I.e. if I were to somehow think up a business model that included some novel level of transparency, could I provide a VPN service that could honestly claim to provide privacy and security to its users?

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