1/ We need more @NickSzabo4's 
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6/ The only reason humans dominate this earth, despite our many shortcomings, is due to our ability to cooperate, and Money, together with Language, are the ultimate means for cooperation.
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7/ Money also likely stemmed the development of Math (abstract thoughts tend to spawn more abstract thoughts), which triggered an avalanche of technological progress.
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8/ Everything is connected in a single thread. Imagine having Nick Szabo as your teacher, wouldn’t you want to go to school everyday?
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9/ This is also why learning how money & Bitcoin works is so beneficial. It touches the very root of our humanity: why we are the way we are. Not only that, you get to make money at the same time :-)
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10/ On a tangential note, I think becoming someone like Nick Szabo exemplifies what it means to be a modern human- the best version of what we could be. For two reasons: practical, and inspirational.
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11/ Practical because in this day & age, we are witnessing the rise of the machines and Artificial Intelligence. One can no longer rely on the mastery of any *one* single skill to remain competitive. No jobs are safe, including Computer Science.
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12/ There should be a de-emphasis on the specialization of knowledge in schools. Curriculum need to be rewritten. You need both specialization & generalization- or more accurately, *synchronization* of knowledge, to borrow Munger’s term, to succeed in this brave new world.
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13/ I used to hate schools, but couldn’t quite put a finger on why. Reading Nick’s work I suddenly understood: it wasn’t that knowledge is boring, it’s the way they are presented in schools is what makes them boring.
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14/ In schools things are a) neatly divided into disciplines, yet highly disjointed b) often presented as boring facts, not questions to be explored. But the real world doesn’t have boundaries like that. It’s alive, tightly inter-connected & so much more interesting!
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15/ Mastering multiple skills can also be inspirational. There’s so much unknowns in the vast ocean of knowledge. By mastering multiple skills & thinking cross-discipline, occasionally we might discover new nuggets of truth. That pure joy of discovery is a goal worth living for.
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16/ If we get our education right, polymaths would no longer be exception, but the norm.
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17/ PS: I once wrote about my long & frustrated journey in traditional education, being an international student.https://hugohn.com/post/culture-shock …
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