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As in Stephenson's Diamond Age.
by mirimir 7y ago
As in Stephenson's Diamond Age.
- RangerScience 7y agoAh! You know, kinda, yeah. Combine educators who can produce detailed lesson plans with performers who can deliver them, kinda like a lecturer and a TA, and it really is reminiscent of the Primer.
- arthurjj 7y agoI've been thinking about this lately since I'm rereading it while my WFH with a 5 year old who needs to be educated. Being completely raised by the book as Nell is wasn't what the book was intended for either by it's creator, Hackworth, or the patron, Finkle-McGraw. It was instead intended as a supplement for the failings of traditional education. For small kids all of the online options are only supplements to the interactions and learning that happens offline. The digital interfaces are still to clunky for them to learn much from anything but meatspace interactions with people and their environment. That being said I appreciate Siri answering why questions 100+ times a day.
- mirimir 7y agoMiranda played a much larger role in Nell's education than merely acting a role in the Primer.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoYeah wasn't there a whole subplot where she was super attached to the kid and tried to find and adopt her?
- mirimir 7y agoRight, but then she got absorbed into the Drummers.
- sifar 7y agoThe primer ... I used to dream about building this when I had kids , still do :)... Especially when I see a lot of parents being clueless/mishandle raising kids. As a parent it would need to be FOSS though.