Judgment and sense are not earned... they are taught. Tell me how teachers demand any less than total respect from domineered children? Maybe Pink Floyd had no basis for Another Brick In The Wall? I would ask who is more qualified than their parents to instill in their children judgement and sense? You might argue that there are morally bankrupt parents but I would counter that there are morally bankrupt teachers and a parent has more incentive to raise their child than a stranger does.
Absolutely agreed. There is likely a much higher proportion of unfit parents vs unfit teachers (though the latter category is a non zero number). There is also an economic element to this scenario. My spouse can stay home with the kids while I go to work, this is not at all common in our modern day and age. There are tremendous sacrifices that a family must make to do this and I think that anyone wanting to homeschool because it will be 'easier' is setting themselves up for hurt. Much like the folks who get into programming because the pay is good... It won't be what you think.
Even if the parents are quite good, I think most humans require a wide variety of inputs and relationships to form their judgement and sense around. No family is capable of providing the broad range of experiences required to form good judgement and sense: that requires some unconstrained experience with the world, seeing much more than what a curated family experience can make happen.
My kids do Taekwondo and church youth groups. My eldest did not want to do robotics but he does run the Dungeons and Dragons group at our library. We do music as a family. My daughter does choir. My son has done drama but declined to participate this year. They have been homeschooled their entire lives. All three of them received something I did not, the ability to converse with adults from a young age. This is of course anecdotal so YMMV but I would love to see a study on the conversational skills of homeschooled students.
Anecdotally, homeschooled children often speak and behave more like adults.
Whether this is a positive or negative thing depends on the situation. Being precocious is something adults might think positively about (though not in all situations) but it's not something other kids usually admire.
I think you are right that this is situational. I can understand it potentially hindering relationships with other like aged children who are traditionally educated. I can only say that I like my kids a lot, which is nice as a parent.
I think you missed the metaphors target. He was describing the lifestyle of just subsisting. Like a mollusk. This was objectively the majority of experiences under the Soviet system, not a comment on anyone’s political views.
We just hook up generators to bikes so that the former phone workers can now power the AI thats replaced them. This will eventually be a cheaper alternative to the current power grid as ai electricity consumption increases.
If the folks who bought the Commodore name 'Atari' this thing I will be disappointed. Not surprised, but disappointed. If this pans out its going to be awesome. Warily optimistic.
At the ridiculous cost of attendance at a traditional university a love for learning is not a good value proposition. Someone who loves learning would be better served doing self led study with occasional tutoring. Costs will be much lower and the education far more specialized. Of course I wouldn’t want a medical professional to diagnose my hypothetical cancer with a trade school education either. As with a great many things, YMMV.
100% this. Many non experimental topics can be self taught with the help of paid tutors -- I'm sure university tutors are happy to give you tutorials if you pay them cash.
Plus all colleges have very stringent prerequisites rules and tons of BS classes one has to take. Some colleges have independent studies, which are much better, but you still have to go through the prerequisites gate and other annoyances, plus it's still expensive.
There is tremendous friction on mobile for watching TikTok videos without an account. I do not have a TikTok account and have had videos just not work without signing up. Not sure if they have been AB testing this or something because once in a while the video does work.
This is by design.
It tease you with some content, than force you to install app at random interval.
Many Chinese apps do this. I think Meta is doing this now as well
Internet friend… please talk to someone. Use the 988 line. Mental health is only different from physical health because of societal norms. I don’t know you but please know your short description here stoked compassion in a stranger. Your life has value and meaning and impact. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind and empathetic words. I’ll probably be ok. I’m medicated and my therapist and psychiatrist are aware of my ideation. I have a very supportive spouse. I live an upper middle class life. When my ideation moves into active planning is when I reach out for additional help. Honestly, I feel very fortunate.
Did not have it nearly as bad as you but do struggle with similar issues on occasion, ultimately concluding I am fortunate and have a good situation now. But you know who I feel very bad for, is the coming generations. I feel like our age group has been so lucky to be around when the computer/internet revolution blew up. But it feels like it kinda settled down now, and there is no more easy access to it for bright young people. I hope I am wrong.
I really worry about them. We had the opportunity to build an entire industry and get in early. There were few of us (because only us 'nerds' were into computers in the 90s). And, demand increased exponentially. But, the industry has matured, the market feels saturated now. We've pumped up STEM programs to the point where everyone is doing software. I want to know how I can give back.
You just hit the nail on the head. I have had two large weight losses in my life. Both through diet and exercise. The first time I lost 70 lbs with a low-carb/keto diet (at the time it was called Atkins, so this was the early 2000's and I was 21). It took 3 months of running/walking 3 miles a day. The second time was when I was 37 I lost 95 lbs and it took 8 months of calorie restriction combined with weight lifting and jogging 3 miles a day. Both times due to 'Things' I fell back into poor eating habits and lack of exercise due to injury. I found myself recently 70 lbs back from my lowest weight and decided that I would try Wegovy. It has been 2 weeks and I have already lost 11lbs (not sustainable at all and ymmv). I remember the control I had from the big push when I was 38 (I am now 42) and that control feels back. I am taking the Wegovy to get back down to a weight where I feel comfortable working out in a way that minimizes my risk for injury while at the same time reminding myself what that self control felt like. At this point I am just desperate to get some results as I have felt completely off the rails for 2 years now.
First, great job on the weight loss! Those are two major accomplishments, and you shouldn't get down on yourself for not being able to maintain something your body has evolved to avoid. If you did it before, you can do it again, but it might just take longer.
I'm 42 as well and looking to get some sort of GLP-1 agonist as my A1C just popped up to 5.7 after being normal my entire life which is a huge warning sign for me. I've cut out processed carbs (all white bread, sugary snacks, etc) and junk food/fast food, and upped my walking to 4+ miles a day. I'm noticing "slimming" but not weight loss. We'll see what happens with my A1C, but I am excited to get a little help. I'd like to lose ~40 pounds over the next two years.
