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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by lelanthran on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:35PM (#36933728)
> I believe we are facing a strong case of naive techno-optimism.

I'm surprised to actually find that there are people who think that the life they currently enjoy was the result of train drivers and janitors.

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by paulryanrogers on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:36PM (#36934475)
Modern life, seems to me, a product of many ungifted people and a few gifted folks toiling for centuries. That includes relatively unskilled workers and those with decades of education.

Gifted people only ever educated and working in ivory towers would starve long before enhancing life for anyone, except for the efforts of their 'lessers'.

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