My take:
- I'm interested enough for my 9 year old daughter to learn more
- I worry about how humanities are taught, can an app really replace passionate teachers and high quality discussion?
- When you meet the students, it's hard not to be impressed
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What if your kid loved school so much they’d rather be there than on vacation?
Yesterday, I went to a session on Alpha School, which runs out of Austin and is opening a campus in NYC this fall. Their claim?
- Kids love school (90%+ say so, 60% prefer it over vacation)
- Kids learn 2x faster in half the time
- Kids develop real-life skills like public speaking & financial literacy
Here’s what I learned: 🧵👇
Alpha isn’t the right fit for everyone.
- Not great for students with severe learning disabilities
Parents who prefer traditional structure & oversight may struggle
- 5-10% of students drop out because they don’t adjust well
- It works best for self-directed learners who thrive with independence.
I feel like people don’t talk enough about what it was like going to college in the late 90s. In 1999, music was precious. By 2001, it was infinite. That shift taught me something about the coming intelligence revolution. A thread on abundance, resistance, and why we can't even imagine what's coming... 🧵
@paulg What aspects of your life would transform first with infinite intelligence? What becomes possible when expertise goes from scarce to abundant? And more importantly, when Napster hit, what music rabbit hole did you go down first?
@paulg But what about things that even wealthy people don’t have access to? How about a personal reality enhancer:
- Perfect memory of every conversation
- Real-time guidance during interactions based on your goals
- Pattern recognition across your entire life
@paulg The truth? There's no going back. Intelligence, like music, is about to go from scarce to abundant. The only question is: How do we build a world that harnesses this abundance for everyone?