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Frankly, I hope none of the education-related ideas coming out of high tech hubs such as the Silicon Valley, come true. Nothing wrong with the fine individuals
by Florin_Andrei 13y ago
Frankly, I hope none of the education-related ideas coming out of high tech hubs such as the Silicon Valley, come true. Nothing wrong with the fine individuals living and working here, but we are not the most gifted ones when it comes to figuring out how human beings function.
We are great at figuring out systems. Hardware. Computers. Robots. Networks thereof.
But self-aware nature-made wetware... please, just step away from that stuff. You're only making a mess.
- aantix 13y agoSo not one individual in the entire Valley has a good idea for education? Not a single one? Ugh, these gross generalizations get tiring..
- vdaniuk 13y agoWow, so nice to see a refreshing attitude here on HN. You nailed the arrogance of SV types. Not everything can be improved with technology, just look at these massive failures in disrupting education : Coursera, Edx, Udacity. I, too, hope that engineers will just step away from education. /s
- aantix 13y agoKhan Academy? "Today, there have been 85 million users to date. Each month, there are 6 million unique users on the Khan Academy site. In total, there have been 260 million lessons delivered and over 1 billion problems answered on the related exercises." http://jpalfrey.andover.edu/2013/05/09/khan-academy-meets-phillips-academy/ http://jpalfrey.andover.edu/2013/05/09/khan-academy-meets-ph...
- vdaniuk 13y agoI guess the sarcasm tag should have been more obvious :D
- Dewie 13y ago"SV types" can't solve more socially-oriented/soft problems? All of them? That's too bad, since these skills seem to be vital for things like human computer interaction and interaction design.