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The US establishment is embroiled in many simultaneous conflicts. Against Middle Eastern countries and Midwestern parents, against Russians and Chinese, against web2 founders and web3 protocols, against free speech and free thought, against tech, Bitcoin, and even math itself…

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Pete Skomoroch

@peteskomoroch

Dec 4, 2021

This open letter on math education in the US urges @CADeptEd to reject the latest draft California Math Framework (CMF) which eliminates 8th grade Algebra I. It has over 150 signatories, including Fields Medalists, Turing Award winners, & Nobel laureates: scottaaronson.blog/?p=6146

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4:22 AM · Dec 10, 2021

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This is ... not actually what I meant when I wrote this, but clearly I was insufficiently imaginative

techcrunch.com

This war on math is still bullshit

In the wake of Paris, San Bernardino, and now Brussels, the encryption debate has become such a potent cocktail of horror, idiocy, and farce that it has become hard to tease out any rational threads...

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Sun Tzu might say pick the right battles. At least six of the groups could empower United States’ future.

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I'm in general agreement with you. Though conflating some of these may be excessive.

patrickwstanley.1btc e/acc

@PatrickWStanley

Dec 10, 2021

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@balajis

As a country the US is incredibly susceptible to exotoxic mind viruses.

the other Badger Luke

@lma1

Dec 10, 2021

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@balajis

You think the "US establishment" wants to eliminate 8th grade algebra?

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Why not a letter to Gov Newsom from Silicon Valley executives demanding that advanced math be kept in 7-8 grades?

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Bitcoin has been pushed by the US establishment, put out as anti-establishment to get folks to adopt it. Best way you can get the grass roots to ape in is to act like it's anti-establishment. Classic CIA/NSA tactics!

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And it's always conflict. As with most things US culture these days, despite agreeing on 90+% of issues, the entire focus must be on the disagreements. It's almost as if they purposefully generate conflict to artificially signal control.