#Education
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How would anarchist societies protect themselves?
The writer questions anarchist claims about police, war, work, and schooling, arguing that stateless societies have often been violent and that some form of protection still seems necessary against criminals, conquerors, and outside powers.
Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time
Research from the University of Arizona argues that learning is maximized when failure happens about 15% of the time, with performance around 85% accuracy in simple two-choice tasks.
Why Pushing People to Code Will Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor
The piece argues that making coding a required skill would deepen inequality by diverting scarce resources, ignoring literacy gaps, and shifting responsibility from technology design to individuals.
Autodidacticism
Autodidacticism is self-directed learning, related to but distinct from informal learning. The article links it to modern education, historical cases, literature, architecture, and online learning.
Intelligent YouTube Channels
Open Culture lists YouTube channels with cultural, scientific, political, and educational videos, then highlights university collections and course-focused channels as places to find lectures and free academic content.
Stop Stealing Dreams
The manifesto argues that industrial-era schooling still trains compliance, memorization, and obedience, while the connected economy now rewards leadership, passion, judgment, and self-directed learning.