on schooling

“I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Mai

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if we actually believed that maximizing positive variance was more valuable than minimizing negative variance, we would design our education systems very differently. most schools are variance-minimization fields -Visakan