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- Digital note-taking allows you to save all your ideas for the rest of your life

Technology has gradually shifted from the material to the abstract—from physical goods to information. This, too, is democratizing in its way: we can’t all access or shape steel, but we can spout and relay facts and opinions. Just as significantly, it means that revolutions are increasingly mental, reshaping our relationship to space...

An interesting variant on this is Tegus, which offers more affordable expert calls and makes their transcripts available to suppliers. For someone with an edge in asking questions, this is a downside, but for someone who merely wants to gather information, it's upside; they're free-riding on the question-asking skills of other people.

Assuming that schools need to exist, the curriculum should not be static (i.e. should be updated in real-time) given the increasing dynamism and complexity in the world. Perhaps this is another reason to promote self-directed learning.

We don't turn to story to escape reality. We turn to story to navigate reality.