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The problem is that there is easy too much stuff out there for anyone to be competent in the basics of all. Eg, everybody should learn to dance just to learn d

by Beldin 5y ago

The problem is that there is easy too much stuff out there for anyone to be competent in the basics of all. Eg, everybody should learn to dance just to learn decent posture and how to move yourself. Everybody should learn how to grow a few common vegetables. Everyone should learn how to extinguish a fore for each class (A, B, C, D). Everybody should learn some basic first aid outside of CPR and putting a bandaid on it. Everyone should learn the rules of the road - even if they don't drove (to get a feeling for what others that are driving will be doing in the next few seconds). Everybody should learn enough about musical theory to recognise the basic structure, variations on it, and various genres. Everybody should learn a language not spoken in their immediate environment. Everybody should travel, and, when travelling, once or twice look beyond the default tourist traps and experience another culture. Everybody should know some basic self-defence. Everybody should have sufficient financial literacy to do grocery shopping. Everybody should learn about history. Everybody should learn some basics about minorities (race/gender/handicap/...), including what are really offensive stereotypes (to avoid) and common problems (to be able to help). Everybody should learn how to sail - trust me on this one. Everybody should learn how to "navigate" from place to place without a smartphone. Everybody should learn the basics of organising a small get-together (including booking venue). Everyb should learn how to gauge prices for things/services they rarely buy/use. Everybody should know at least one sport and their body sufficiently well to be able to stay in shape. Everybody should know some basics of multiple religions (since you'll run into them). Everybody should know how to use the index of a book. Everybody should prefer vi over Emacs. Everybody should know how to cook several different meals. Everybody should know enough about nutrition to be able to not to die from malnutrition when having a choice for foods. Everybody should be able to swim - including swimming a short distance with their clothes on. Everybody should learn to ride a bike. Everybody should be able to change a diaper. Everybody should learn to be able to teach some basic things. Everybody should learn more about cosmology than "that's the Big Dipper". Everybody should learn geography - at least rough position of multiple countries and cities. Eveeybody should learn ice skating / skiing / snowboarding. That's just some stuff from the top of my head. I miss at least half of that.

smhenderson 5y ago
Everybody should prefer vi over Emacs. But does vi have an teledildonics mode? Seriously, I agree with what you're saying but I did a double take when I got to that part, like "why did he slip that in there?". Life is short and I agree you can't do it all but a society that facilitates people's ability to do all of those things, plus learn some basic coding and all the other things you didn't list is still a worthy goal and one that I want to live in. Trying to do as much or even some of what's on your list is also a worthy goal. Maybe it's enough to just say everyone should try to never stop learning new things and challenging themselves to be more tomorrow than they are today or were yesterday.
gilleain 5y ago
>Everyone should learn how to extinguish a fore for each class (A, B, C, D) I did not even understand this one! :)
- danielheath 5y ago
  Misspelled; extinguish a fire. A is most fires, B is liquids (oil/petrol/etc), D is metals. I learned very young not to throw water on a fire if I didn’t know what was burning. Honestly, there’s a lot to learn, but childhood is long! Well resourced parents can teach nearly all of this by 15 (driving and speaking another language well are more challenging).
lifeisstillgood 5y ago
I love this list. And ... yes. Everyone should. I mean a high school education the the Western world is basically a masterclass in polymath for the bronze age. And a PhD in physics is beyond anything dreamt of by the scholars of Byzantium. We humans have set a very high bar. And every discovery in science makes the bar higher, but all of us should know where the bar is, because all of us are needed to vote on steering this ship. Informed voter is not about reading some manifesto. It's informed about the world and the economy and how it all fits together. Flat earthers are trying to opt out of being informed so they dont have to have the responsibility of deciding.
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by Beldin 5y ago

smhenderson 5y ago

Everybody should prefer vi over Emacs. But does vi have an teledildonics mode? Seriously, I agree with what you're saying but I did a double take when I got to that part, like "why did he slip that in there?". Life is short and I agree you can't do it all but a society that facilitates people's ability to do all of those things, plus learn some basic coding and all the other things you didn't list is still a worthy goal and one that I want to live in. Trying to do as much or even some of what's on your list is also a worthy goal. Maybe it's enough to just say everyone should try to never stop learning new things and challenging themselves to be more tomorrow than they are today or were yesterday.

gilleain 5y ago

>Everyone should learn how to extinguish a fore for each class (A, B, C, D) I did not even understand this one! :)

danielheath 5y ago
Misspelled; extinguish a fire. A is most fires, B is liquids (oil/petrol/etc), D is metals. I learned very young not to throw water on a fire if I didn’t know what was burning. Honestly, there’s a lot to learn, but childhood is long! Well resourced parents can teach nearly all of this by 15 (driving and speaking another language well are more challenging).

lifeisstillgood 5y ago

I love this list. And ... yes. Everyone should. I mean a high school education the the Western world is basically a masterclass in polymath for the bronze age. And a PhD in physics is beyond anything dreamt of by the scholars of Byzantium. We humans have set a very high bar. And every discovery in science makes the bar higher, but all of us should know where the bar is, because all of us are needed to vote on steering this ship. Informed voter is not about reading some manifesto. It's informed about the world and the economy and how it all fits together. Flat earthers are trying to opt out of being informed so they dont have to have the responsibility of deciding.

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