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Proper optimism doesn't come easily for me... but even messaging like "try stuff!" or "build something cool!" doesn't seem to fit the day's aggregate aesthetic. I worry that the young dreamers' hands are being guided toward pitchforks & away from the craftsman's toolshttps://twitter.com/micsolana/status/1072655216342913029 …
This is the heart of my criticism of the education system; it leaves dreamers so devoid of essential skills & up-to-date tool-use that they can't laugh off nihilism or anarchy, even as they dream. The laurels the system's determined to rest on will soon be burnt, & it's our loss
I don't want to be a doomsday prophet. Kids & young adults need only be enabled. The first step, as their guardians, is getting used to saying "I don't know." The second is freeing (+ encouraging!) them to find the answers we don't have — with trust, and without supervision
The internet of my youth — the web of the 90s/early 00s — was still a novelty, a "computer thing." Parents/mentors didn't know to fear it, so they inadvertently freed us to explore it. The wild west has civilized; the default is to consume. The channels are narrow for producers.
Great starting points for an empowering educational mission:
1. Give young people, through education, more skills and „craftsman’s tools“ to build things as alternatives to nihilism and pitchforks, see @webdevMason thread below... 1/2https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1072666210892955649 …
2. Seriously and helpfully encourage young people to dream bigger, aim higher than their original aspirations (h/t @tylercowen). 2/2
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