That last sentence; worth a good ponder!https://twitter.com/mathprinceps/status/907327885303717888 …
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Yes. And the most important cultural assets are not bodies of knowledge, but subtle practices stubbornly resistant to formal codification.
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These subtle cultural practices have traditionally been transmitted by apprenticeship. Which works, but doesn't scale. Mastery remains rare.
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Now that mass education has largely supplanted apprenticeship, masters have largely forgotten how to train apprentices. It takes practice.
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And is itself one of those subtle cultural practices that need transmitting. As the meta-art of mentoring declines, so do all other arts.
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