The Importance of Using Meta Skills in Learning

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I find that really interesting because on the one hand, I want to argue, why don't we make the content actually matter? Let's just do the stuff that you is actually engaging the student regardless of what that is. It's very hard for people to be sufficiently humble when it comes to predicting what will be useful 10 years from now. And I think there definitely is this implicit and sometimes explicit understanding that letting people sort of follow the threat of their own aliveness will lead them to be more engaged.

Why do "antagonistic" teachers exist in popular culture but not in the classroom? What happens to student outcomes when "antagonistic" learning is implemented in real classrooms? What is the Field Theory of Parenting? What are things that we can do for others but can't do for ourselves? How can we notice and utilize costly and unfakeable signals? What is the core definition of civilization? How can we influence others ethically? Is explicit communication always better than implicit?

Duncan wants to leave the universe noticeably different than it was before he arrived, and he's currently trying to do this through making things and teaching people. He has a background in LEGO, parkour, and middle grades education, and is easily manipulated by people quoting Ender's Game. You can find out more about him at thirdfoundation.github.io.

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