We *did* actually fail Greta Thunberg We created a situation where a child was so ridden with anxiety about global catastrophe that she stopped eating, and then we praised her for skipping school to vent her anger Her obsession could have made her a scientist, maker, builder https://twitter.com/Education4Libs/status/1180669227931451392 …
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We could have mentored a young expert on the problem, we could have connected her to tinkerers instead of politicians, we could have shown her that teenagers are worth more to the world as creators than as victims
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She believes that solutions already exist and just need to be implemented. She believes she is solving a problem, that those in power are unconvinced to take action and that what she is doing is the best way to convince them (which of course could be false).
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Nothing she's said indicates she knows very much about the solution-space, but there's no good reason for that except that she was propelled forward without anyone asking for that
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