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I was just thinking how close we must be to "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" (see: "Diamond Age", by Neal Stephenson, referenced by me and seiji here. GREAT
by eblume 13y ago
I was just thinking how close we must be to "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" (see: "Diamond Age", by Neal Stephenson, referenced by me and seiji here. GREAT book.)
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- hobs 13y agoSlow start, insane end, typical Stephenson.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoBut do we know enough to tell software how to raise a child?
- seiji 13y agoThere were two versions of primers. The mass market version had auto-schooling (giant boat of threatening asian girls). The expensive ("for royalty/CEOs") version had a live adult person interacting with the child, but the child didn't know a real person was behind it. The child just thought the book was very good at being instructive. The actor of the expensive primer had no way to communicate with the child except through Primer-Approved stories, but the actor would direct and personalize the stories as necessary for the child's life conditions (i.e. "remote parenting").
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoYes, I forgot. Her "other mother" - thank you. Including the cool escape from abusive home section. What a great book.