Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Antagonistic Learning and Civilization (with Duncan Sabien)

Dec 29, 2020

01:40:10

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Art of Analogue Learning

2min

The Importance of Incentives in Teaching

3min

The Flaws of the Standard Education Model

2min

The Importance of Habits in School

2min

The Importance of Using Meta Skills in Learning

2min

The Importance of Incremental Improvement

4min

The Cost of Failure to Plan Ahead

2min

The Importance of Treating Young People Like Adults

2min

10.

The Importance of Treating Children as People

3min

11.

The Moral Element of Revolt

2min

12.

The Importance of Balance in the Classroom

2min

13.

How to Deal With Negative Externalities in a System

2min

14.

How to Lower a Pipe to the Ground

6min

15.

The Importance of Collaboration in Learning

2min

16.

The Field Theory of Parenting

2min

17.

The Field Theory of Parenting

2min

18.

The Failure Mode

2min

19.

The Paradox of Slowing Down

3min

20.

Proactive Communication: How to Find Your Boundaries

2min

21.

The Importance of Clarifying Boundaries

2min

22.

The Importance of Knowing Where the Walls Are

3min

23.

The Importance of Unambiguous Statements

2min

24.

Unfacable Signals

2min

25.

Unfakable Signals and Con Theory

3min

26.

The Power of Rhetoric in Disagreement

2min

27.

How to Signal That You're Good at Something

2min

28.

The Importance of Answering Open-Ended Questions

2min

29.

The Concept of Civilization

2min

30.

The Future of Dueling

3min

31.

The Problem With Cooperation

2min

32.

The Importance of Living in a Lawful Society

2min

33.

The Importance of Negotiation

3min

34.

The Cost of Backsliding

3min

35.

The Importance of Mutual Disarmament

2min

36.

How to Influence Others Legitimately

4min

37.

The Benefits of Cell Communication

3min

38.

The Costs of Being More Explicit

2min

39.

How to Increase Information Transfer Without Negatives

3min

40.

The Cost of Exactness

2min

41.

The Importance of Being Aware of Your Statements

3min

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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