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I also identify with you. I struggled to find the venture that hits the "golden point", where it solves a genuine problem, doesn't disrupt to the point of messi
by jansho 9y ago
I also identify with you. I struggled to find the venture that hits the "golden point", where it solves a genuine problem, doesn't disrupt to the point of messing up lives, is beautiful (by virtue of having an arty-farty personality) ... and all that plus maximum but entirely ethical profits.
I think I found it: edtech. Edtech is a notoriously hard one to crack, and it's a long game. Fortunately I've always enjoyed working with children and philosophising about the best ways to teach and learn. The bad news: most edtech are flops.
Still, it adds a bit of meaning to the everyday hum-drum.
- Danihan 9y agoThe unfortunate reality is that a lot of success boils down to IQ (and some other metrics of mental acuity,) which is mostly hereditary or imprinted, so that's depressing for a lot of people in education who started off wide-eyed and optimistic. Also, an efficient, nationwide online schooling system (CAVA in California as an example,) would be the end of something like 90% of the teachers in the country. Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Who even knows... Everything has trade-offs.
- jansho 9y agoHmm my edtech aims for global literacy; so a reading programme for ESL kids who may be disadvantaged enough to only have access to a smartphone. So that at least frees me from that glum thought of IQ vs Nurture tug-o-war. While I'm at it, I might as well advertise: --------- If anyone is interested to join my adventure please feel free to contact me via my profile. --------- Someone with good tech skills will especially be welcomed, as I'm a bit rusty, and plus it's more enjoyable to make pictures and courses. I'm based in the UK but I'm not fussy about having an online collaborator :)
- Mz 9y agoHi there. You can come join us on the "light" side at business bootstrappers. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/business-bootstrappers https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/business-bootstrappe...
- danblick 9y agoI'm less certain than you are that good online education resources for K-12 would also mean the end of teacher jobs. The anecdote about bank teller jobs and ATMs comes to mind - https://www.aei.org/publication/what-atms-bank-tellers-rise-robots-and-jobs/ https://www.aei.org/publication/what-atms-bank-tellers-rise-... Not saying that teacher jobs are likely to increase, just that I'm not sure they'd go away altogether, either.
- afpx 9y agoWhy wouldn't technology be able to magnify mental attributes, just as it magnifies our other attributes?