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Hello just having a go at replying again. Got some error messages trying to post here before. Perhaps the thread is locked as it's no longer the current one.
Hello everyone. Since I have signed up for an account I thought I might as well also say hello. I have been reading stuff on this site and associated communities for a while but I thought I had something to contribute here the other day so I signed up to make a first comment.
I'm in England, I have a background in science (PhD in computational biology back in the day) but now spend most of my time raising and educating my kids. I don't allocate much time to online activities but when I do it's good to have something substantial to chew on. I like the interesting conversations that arise in places where people are practicing genuine conversation with those they disagree with. Lots of interesting content here too.
Other things I am interested in: how energy resources shape what is doable; foraging; forest school; localizing food production; deep listening techniques; ways to help each other think well; data visualizations.
Thanks for a really interesting essay here. I'm coming to this several years later, but one question I have is do you think some of this effect may be due to 'diminishing returns on complexity' in the sense of Joseph Tainter, 1988? That would explain how there are gains such as widespread literacy and decreased infant mortality from initial spends on education, health care and so on but as time goes on more and more is spent to achieve even tiny gains because the social system as a whole has become more complex and difficult to manage. Is that idea something you have already considered? I think the minimum technological level is... (read more)
Well that seemed to go fine. I'll dig out my previous comment and repost.
Half and half at the moment. 12yo is registered at school although been home since March because of covid with a lot of work sent home from school. 5yo is full time home educated. It's going ok. 5yo is keen on writing, drawing, and at the moment creating lots of 3D models in paper and tape, so those parts are easy at the moment. I think different temperaments of kid make it harder or easier.
Is there a particular reason you're considering it?
Forest school is an outdoor learning format. cf https://www.forestschoolassociation.org/what-is-forest-school/
There are a lot of... (read more)