Charlie Gedeon
@charliegedeon
Reflecting on how learning and creativity are shaped by technology and our interactions with it. Co-founder of Pragmatics Studio, a small digital design studio in Montreal.
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If you go too far off the beaten path of algorithmic consistency, you risk never being heard. You may never get enough cultural momentum to exist in any meaningful way. That is a real problem. But if you're too good at algorithmic optimization, you risk building a large audience without saying anything particularly original or important. Not to... See more
Justin Murphy • The Imperceptible Mechanisms of Deep Community
I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am
totally dependent on them for my life and well being.
totally dependent on them for my life and well being.
Put Something Back | Steve Jobs Archive
Why couldn’t teachers be geniuses, though, geniuses forged via passion manifested through practice?
John Warner • Genius vs. Expertise
Raising Thoughtful & Curious Kids
Famous science writer wrote this book while homeschooling his kids which has some beautiful lines in it that inspire learning science.
The feeling of the wind blowing is the feeling of molecules pushing against you.
A sad irony is that the same cognitive bias that makes people ascribe humanity to GPT-3 can cause them to treat actual humans in inhumane ways. Sociocultural linguistics – the study of language in its social and cultural context – shows that assuming an overly tight link between fluent expression and fluent thinking can lead to bias against people... See more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Mistaking fluent speech for fluent thought
Template for helping onboard new team members. Helps discussing working conditions and culture.
There is a lot of evidence suggesting that students learn best and more quickly through asset-based approaches. Meyer’s expertise is in math, but the same is true in writing and I am a dedicated practitioner of working from a base of what students already know and can do, the most notable skill being thinking . Everyone can think, but a huge... See more