1/ Big Ag overproduced subsidized grain, drove creation of "food pyramid" to create demand. This led to obesity, fucked up nutrition science
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5/ But messed up ed-science had a big unintended effect: IQ became the anchoring concept in AI research, a truly bizarre event.
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6/ IQ is a singular, metric-based scientifically meaningless model of cognition (reduced to a legible "intelligence") created for HR needs..
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@vgr (for when you finish the series) Which do you consider are the "few good education schemes"? -
@stevie_glas Things based on self-directed/self-paced models (montessori++), apprentice learning over testing, - 1 more reply
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@vgr america's education system has kind of basically been shit all long, we are simply becoming aware of it in our more connected world.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr which are the good ones?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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going along with my own ed/healthcare similarities, this might also be a good way of thinking about how healthcare has fractured. Ties interestingly w/ food norms, esp. if you consider influence of food pyramid on food in schools & impact on health. Quite a love triangle.
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