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Dad x5, creativity maximalist, bitcoiner. Conjecture Institute. The Sovereign Child - free pdf - thesovereignchild.com
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Mea culpas for moral panics are exceedingly rare.
Maybe @PessimistsArc can organize a prize?
(Usually takes many years for a moral panic to be outed as ridiculous, but I think this short form video thing might be obviously hilarious pretty soon.)
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
Maybe @PessimistsArc can organize a prize?
(Usually takes many years for a moral panic to be outed as ridiculous, but I think this short form video thing might be obviously hilarious pretty soon.)
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
marginalrevolution.com Social media and political radicalization - Marginal REVOLUTION For a while now, we have been hearing claims that social media radicalize the American electorate, and that social media damage teen mental health. Well, we just held a major set of elections that... 🧐
@marcportermagee One of the reasons my children still wear masks in school is that they understand the limits of the concept of "internal locus of control".View quoted post on X
An internal locus of control... is not controlled externally! It's not bestowed, it's certainly not forced.
Fortunately, kids already have it, it comes pre-installed (Phew! The hard part is done!)
All you need to do is not stamp it out. Which essentially means - stop fussing about it. Stop whinging about their education, their achievement, how they turn out.
There is a kind of paradox at play - the outcomes that really matter simply can't be forced, because freedom (the essential ingredient in creating the package of knowledge called "growing up") is the opposite of control, force, "bestowing," even cultivating. Nurturing and supporting, okay. Guiding, maybe, it depends what you think guidance means.
I'm not saying ignore them, I'm not saying don't provide interesting and rich environment. But I think you really gotta chill. Just chill. It's 2026. Cheap smartphones are AI are here. The cars can drive themselves. It's never been easier to be an independent person.
Fortunately, kids already have it, it comes pre-installed (Phew! The hard part is done!)
All you need to do is not stamp it out. Which essentially means - stop fussing about it. Stop whinging about their education, their achievement, how they turn out.
There is a kind of paradox at play - the outcomes that really matter simply can't be forced, because freedom (the essential ingredient in creating the package of knowledge called "growing up") is the opposite of control, force, "bestowing," even cultivating. Nurturing and supporting, okay. Guiding, maybe, it depends what you think guidance means.
I'm not saying ignore them, I'm not saying don't provide interesting and rich environment. But I think you really gotta chill. Just chill. It's 2026. Cheap smartphones are AI are here. The cars can drive themselves. It's never been easier to be an independent person.
“If you could bestow any quality on your children, which one would you pick? Great intelligence? … Deborah Cobb-Clark, an economist at the University of Sydney, has a different answer: an internal locus of control”View quoted post on X
Understand the problem situation - not only helps solve it, also fun, also deepens relationships.
We could increase global GDP by 2% just by installing large whiteboards in every home.View quoted post on X
