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Re:A twelve-year-old on the failed promise of educational te... by nemomarx on Sunday November 16, 2025 @12:24PM (#45946737)
does this ever work in tutorials in games? People skip the explanations and then complain later that they're confused or didn't know x and y feature existed.

We already have people say they wish they'd learned how to do their taxes or balance budgets - imagine what 12 year olds might think is uninteresting that comes up later, right?

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Re:A twelve-year-old on the failed promise of educational te... by Razengan on Sunday November 16, 2025 @12:28PM (#45946770)
In the last 20 years or so, how much of the knowledge that we know and use in life is from what we learned in school (and remember) versus looking it up on the internet or asking someone only during the moment we need that knowledge?
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