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taste Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: The strongest thing that convinces a child they can do something is not an adult telling them, it is watching a classmate do it. The strongest thing that convinces a child they can do something is not an adult telling them, it is watching a classmate do it. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Paying a child cash to break a belief that they cannot do something is legitimate, and it creates intrinsic motivation rather than destroying it. — tap to centre the map on it Paying a child cash to break a belief that they cannot do something is legitimate, and it creates intrinsic motivation rather than destroying it. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
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Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well. — tap to centre the map on it The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. — tap to centre the map on it A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction. Last stated 3 years ago
2 Sept 2023
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Raph Koster — holds since 2023-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. — tap to centre the map on it A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided. — tap to centre the map on it A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time. Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school. — tap to centre the map on it In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school. Last stated 17 years ago
12 Feb 2010
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2010-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. Last stated a month ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. — tap to centre the map on it The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows. Last stated a week ago
31 Aug 2026
JL
Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. — tap to centre the map on it The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere. Last stated 6 months ago
12 Mar 2026
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. — tap to centre the map on it The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. Last stated 10 months ago
20 Nov 2025
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Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-11-20 — tap for who they are
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The strongest thing that convinces a child they can do something is not an adult telling them, it is watching a classmate do it.
Holds JL Joe LiemandtRead this korrent →
Paying a child cash to break a belief that they cannot do something is legitimate, and it creates intrinsic motivation rather than destroying it.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
The teachers people remember changed them by removing a belief that they could not do something, not by teaching the material well.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
A puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction.
Holds RK Raph Koster
A school should be judged on how fast its students are learning, not on how much they already know when measured.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
A worked example whose scaffolding is progressively removed teaches faster than making a child figure the problem out unaided.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
Cheap intelligence does not make agency cheap, and these tools may mostly compound the advantage of people who already have the skill, taste, money and time.
Holds
In making products, taste is not a matter of opinion but a sense of sophistication, learned by making something real rather than at school.
Holds KS Karri Saarinen
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Holds GS George Saunders
The central defect of American schooling is that an eighth grader is delivered eighth-grade content by law, whatever he actually knows.
Holds JL Joe Liemandt
The golden age of American schooling that reformers want to return to never existed anywhere.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer
The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy.
Holds FD Freddie deBoer