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  • America had a moment in the 60s and 70s where real change might have been possible. Then Reagan took over in the 80s and selfishness and greed somehow became virtues.

    They instilled a sense that helping others makes you dumb and gullible. Strong, smart people get theirs and fuck everyone else.

    People who need help are just taking your money to buy drugs and can easily get a job and become middle class instantaneously.

    Then a few decades later, the middle class disappeared, and everyone became poor and struggling. Corporate profits keep breaking records, though. Economic inequality in America has surpassed pre-Revolution France. Every billionaire is Louis XIV-level rich and indulgent.



















  • Traditional instruction gave the same result as a bleeding edge ChatGPT tutorial bot. Imagine what would happen if a tiny fraction of the billions spent to develop this technology went into funding improved traditional instruction.

    Better paid teachers, better resources, studies geared at optimizing traditional instruction, etc.

    Move fast and break things was always a stupid goal. Turbocharging it with all this money is killing the tried and true options that actually produce results, while straining the power grid and worsening global warming.