I think it’s time we started teaching technology like we teach biology. Starting with recognizing and classifying common species of tech, dissecting a few specimens, looking through microscope at some stuff, teaching design in an evolutionary-history way, old tech = dinosaurs...
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The more artificially complex our environment becomes, the more important is the ability of reduction to first principles.
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I actually think first principles are overrated and do more harm than good if overemphasized. “Middle principles” of engineering are where much of the intelligence and wisdom are to be found.
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A lot more hand on stuff would have been great. Plenty of the species of math i was taught back in uni made no sense at the time. It wasn't until latter practical exploration and need that i found how most of them actually connected to reality.
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Yeah same here except I never got around to practical for 90% of it



