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← For poor children school is idleness that leaves them less fit for hard labour

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 8 Jul 2023 to 21 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Everything filed under America America Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: For poor children school is idleness that leaves them less fit for hard labour For poor children school is idleness thatleaves them less fit for hard labour BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: A school teacher is only a kind of upper servant with more work than the menial ones — tap to centre the map on it A school teacher is only a kind ofupper servant with more work thanthe menial ones MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: State schools for the poor work against parents and impose the customs of the rich minority — tap to centre the map on it State schools for the poor workagainst parents and impose thecustoms of the rich minority GC G. K. Chesterton — holds since c. 1910 — tap for who they are Same subject: Provided it is not excessive, even the dullest work is probably less painful to most people than idleness — tap to centre the map on it Provided it is not excessive, eventhe dullest work is probably lesspainful to most people than idleness BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Eager, motivated children are poorly served by the current education system. — tap to centre the map on it Eager, motivated children are poorlyserved by the current educationsystem. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 TF Tim Ferriss — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Schools stressing only reading and writing undervalue children's ordinary experience — tap to centre the map on it Schools stressing only reading andwriting undervalue children'sordinary experience JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Schools, even nurseries, should not be expected to spot which children will later be out of work. — tap to centre the map on it Schools, even nurseries, should notbe expected to spot which childrenwill later be out of work. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 WD William Davies — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Paying for poor children's schooling would reduce future poverty — tap to centre the map on it Paying for poor children's schoolingwould reduce future poverty TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Super Intelligence" is being used as a signal of fealty to President Trump. — tap to centre the map on it "Super Intelligence" is being usedas a signal of fealty to PresidentTrump. Last stated 4 weeks ago 11 Oct 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A chatbot's voice should not replace a thinking human voice where truth matters — tap to centre the map on it A chatbot's voice should not replacea thinking human voice where truthmatters Last stated 3 years ago 8 Jul 2023 DH Douglas Hofstadter — holds since 2023-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A developer cannot be productive and competitive today without using AI — tap to centre the map on it A developer cannot be productive andcompetitive today without using AI Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 TH Troy Hunt — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A job that consists of approving AI output has no flow channel at all, because the challenge has been exported to the machine and only the vigilance remains. — tap to centre the map on it A job that consists of approving AIoutput has no flow channel at all,because the challenge has beenexported to the machine and only thevigilance remains. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 JN Jakob Nielsen — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre For poor children school is idleness that leaves them less fit for hard labour Last stated c. 1714–1733 Holds Bernard Mandeville Read this korrent →