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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Scenius is like genius, only embedded in a scene rather than in genes. Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or “scenes” can occasionally generate. His actual definition is: “Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of the concept of the... See more
Kevin Kelly • Scenius, or Communal Genius
The direction language models indeed prompt you to follow (pun intended) often leads you somewhere boring — to the land of averages
Alberto Romero • You Are Killing Your Greatest Ideas
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.
Robert Greene • Mastery
“In the short term, it is environment that shapes the player, but in the long run, it’s the player that shapes the environment.”
Why couldn’t teachers be geniuses, though, geniuses forged via passion manifested through practice?
John Warner • Genius vs. Expertise
Critical thinking and reflective skills are becoming even more important. As the line between reality and artificiality blurs, and given AI tools sometimes generate outputs that are inaccurate or biased, we need people capable of engaging with information critically. In addition, reflecting on the broader implications of AI on our problem-solving... See more
Access Denied
An asset-based approach to teaching asks, “What ideas do these students have ?” rather than “What ideas do these students lack?”
Dan Meyer • Is Asset-Based AI Even Possible?
A mentor who doesn’t frequently say 'I don’t know' needs to be replaced.
Paul Venuto • feed updates
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