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I think this is a good way to build inculcate a societies morals, ethics and values into the next generation.

scotty79 9y ago
I'd like to see more real life technology and economy featured in childrens media, so they can develop appreciacion for what miracles, we, as a species have achieved. Instead at age 10 they think it's as mundane as rain because nobody told them otherwise and most of them keep thinking it way into adulthood.
- jlg23 9y ago
  > Instead at age 10 they think it's as mundane as rain It is. When was the last time you admired a pencil as technological marvel or thought about all the science that went into making microwave food possible?
  - lqdc13 9y ago
    All the time. We are on Hacker News after all.
    - romanovcode 9y ago
      And here is your answer. Most people (kids and adults alike) do not care about such questions as - how is it working and why is it working like this.
      - scotty79 9y ago
        If you tell kids about witches, they'll be amazed with witches. If you tell them about how jet engine works, they'll be amazed about that. I'm from post communist/socialist country and was exposed to glimpses of their child propaganda. Very young age and low availability, so I don't remember much, but I remember marveling at MIG fighter jets with red star, lorries, human carrying rockets or combine harvesters, tractors or mining. Kids are like that. Marvel at things that they are exposed to. Adults usually get solidified in their amazement, so if they marveled at soccer when they were kids it stays with them throughout their lives. True, people don't care. My point is, it's because they were never shown to care.
  - scotty79 9y ago
    Pencil... definitely, although not as a child. Much later. Microwave food, never but I'm from country where microwaves are used for maybe 20 years. I marveled at process of drying ramen noodle though.
  - tgb 9y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil
    - ue_ 9y ago
      Unfortunately this is less about the marvel of the pencil than the global capitalist system and free market evangelism.
- humanrebar 9y ago
  > ...miracles, we, as a species have achieved I like the idea, but maybe with less religious verbiage. We can promote technology, appreciation, and curiosity without getting into humanism.

I'd like to see more real life technology and economy featured in childrens media, so they can develop appreciacion for what miracles, we, as a species have achieved. Instead at age 10 they think it's as mundane as rain because nobody told them otherwise and most of them keep thinking it way into adulthood.

jlg23 9y ago
> Instead at age 10 they think it's as mundane as rain It is. When was the last time you admired a pencil as technological marvel or thought about all the science that went into making microwave food possible?
- lqdc13 9y ago
  All the time. We are on Hacker News after all.
  - romanovcode 9y ago
    And here is your answer. Most people (kids and adults alike) do not care about such questions as - how is it working and why is it working like this.
    - scotty79 9y ago
      If you tell kids about witches, they'll be amazed with witches. If you tell them about how jet engine works, they'll be amazed about that. I'm from post communist/socialist country and was exposed to glimpses of their child propaganda. Very young age and low availability, so I don't remember much, but I remember marveling at MIG fighter jets with red star, lorries, human carrying rockets or combine harvesters, tractors or mining. Kids are like that. Marvel at things that they are exposed to. Adults usually get solidified in their amazement, so if they marveled at soccer when they were kids it stays with them throughout their lives. True, people don't care. My point is, it's because they were never shown to care.
- scotty79 9y ago
  Pencil... definitely, although not as a child. Much later. Microwave food, never but I'm from country where microwaves are used for maybe 20 years. I marveled at process of drying ramen noodle though.
- tgb 9y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Pencil
  - ue_ 9y ago
    Unfortunately this is less about the marvel of the pencil than the global capitalist system and free market evangelism.
humanrebar 9y ago
> ...miracles, we, as a species have achieved I like the idea, but maybe with less religious verbiage. We can promote technology, appreciation, and curiosity without getting into humanism.