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When I have kids, I'm gonna play a game with them where we look at random stuff and try to make up how it got there, and then compare that to how it really got
by anonytrary 6y ago
When I have kids, I'm gonna play a game with them where we look at random stuff and try to make up how it got there, and then compare that to how it really got there. I bet if you did this consistently with kids during their formative years, it would be a great way to teach them about the world and the economy. My parents just had a huge book room with encyclopedias that I was expected to pick up and read.
- asadlionpk 6y agoThat actually sounds like a good idea. Favoriting this for later.
- MandieD 6y agoI’m expecting our first in a few months, so I’ll pass this great idea along to my husband, a mechanical engineer.
- lifeisstillgood 6y agoAll the best of luck with the birth, from all at HN. Remember to create them an account :-)
- loosetypes 6y agoHow would figure out how it really got there though? That you can, for the most part, peel back layers and trace steps back to an origin is one of my favorite things about code. But for a heterogeneous system of opaque supply chains in the physical world? For any given random stuff, I don’t know that I could make reliable progress in that endeavor.
- luckylion 6y ago> For any given random stuff, I don’t know that I could make reliable progress in that endeavor. I bet you'd get better at it after doing it for a while, and that in itself is a valuable skill.
- regularfry 6y agoSending someone at <wherever> an email saying "I'm working on a school project. Can you tell me about X, please?" probably has a higher success-rate than you'd think.
- oblio 6y agoHave them read this: https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil-audio-pdf-and-html https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil-audio-pdf-and-html