@xenmen I think that some of the later things on his list of skills are a bit questionable (the consciousness age stuff -- I look at some of them and go "That might not be physically possible..."), but fundamentally I like it a lot! I think the fundamental idea is sound, that we can't rest on our laurels like those who control us would like us to, that we can become the industrialist, the artist, the author, the innovator.
One thing I think needs to be part of a well-rounded education and we don't really get a lot of good education on when we're young is economics and trade. Eventually when you're doing these fundamental things you start to realize that one person cannot do everything, because even if you have the knowledge and the skills, you need other people to do other parts of the process. One example being clear glass. A simple method is to heat up silica and add some borax. Well, where do you get silica? There are regions where it's plentiful but many places where it isn't available in a form you can turn into glass. Where do you get borax? There's like two places on earth where you can get a lot of borax. As you grow your skills you begin to realize the value of division of labor, and from there you have a body of knowledge that helps you understand that things have value and how to determine that value.
I think there's an inherent value in the ability to do things, to make things, even before you do that thing or make anything. Then once you have accumulated enough skills you create a thing that never existed before out of materials that were basically worthless before, and that's pretty amazing when you think about it. It gives you an appreciation of what goes into the world, and eventually it means you have opportunities. Opportunity is the father of invention!
One thing I think needs to be part of a well-rounded education and we don't really get a lot of good education on when we're young is economics and trade. Eventually when you're doing these fundamental things you start to realize that one person cannot do everything, because even if you have the knowledge and the skills, you need other people to do other parts of the process. One example being clear glass. A simple method is to heat up silica and add some borax. Well, where do you get silica? There are regions where it's plentiful but many places where it isn't available in a form you can turn into glass. Where do you get borax? There's like two places on earth where you can get a lot of borax. As you grow your skills you begin to realize the value of division of labor, and from there you have a body of knowledge that helps you understand that things have value and how to determine that value.
I think there's an inherent value in the ability to do things, to make things, even before you do that thing or make anything. Then once you have accumulated enough skills you create a thing that never existed before out of materials that were basically worthless before, and that's pretty amazing when you think about it. It gives you an appreciation of what goes into the world, and eventually it means you have opportunities. Opportunity is the father of invention!
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