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The philosophy. It is urgent. At a critical point in human history. Optimism.
Developed this ideas by actually teaching math to tens of thousands of people, personally, where he could see their reactions. Even if the only outcome you care about is that they become good at math and science, the single biggest factor is whether they like thinking deeply.
There is no future for human cogs in a machine. Nor for transactional takers who care only for themselves. Givers are naturally inspired lifelong learners. Communities of thoughtful givers will thrive. With inspiration to be lifelong learners to amplify their contributions. Learning to think deeply. To invent ideas dynamically in a rapidly-changing world. With a purpose of delighting others. And definitely not just advancing AI to increase efficiency.
Not technology for technology's sake. Those at the forefront of math and science have all the more responsibility to understand what other people care about. Must learn by interacting with them. Used to be impressed by someone just because they were smart. Now wonder what they will do with it. Advised a government official who said they were making a special AI program for their top math/science students: make sure they are the ones who are also great at humanities, lest they create an abomination.
Because of the love of thinking, each person helps to investigate options. So not locked in groupthink. And robust to the passage of time. But thinking needs to be done with the humility that reasoning about an imprecise system is hard. So it is impossible to prove with high confidence that any one approach is the best. Not like Effective Altruism.Book coming.
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