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    important things are often boring – and there’s almost nothing you can do about it.

    That’s downright ridiculous. The most important skill for a teacher is an ability to effectively impart knowledge and in order to make students listen and remember, you need to make them interested.

    So they need to make everything else less interesting.

    No, they ABSOLUTELY don’t. If I’m watching a fascinating TED Talk at home, I don’t need anyone to make my favourite tv show boring in order for me to pay attention. That’s not how attention works. For someone who seems at least dimly aware of the existence of dopamine, you seem remarkably confused about the effects of a lack of it.

    If there are kids for whom this is a difficult situation and they’re unable to cope, such kids will need intervention. I.e. restrictions in free time as well.

    So restrictions are your only tools? I really hope you’re not a teacher or a parent, because your ideas seem not just ineffective but actually borderline abusive.

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        I hope you’re not in any role where you can decide these things, because I think your opinions around this seem very harmful to both individuals and society.

        Ignoring what we’re fighting about, just think of what you said there. You are saying (correct me if I’m wrong) that we should just not allow people with opinions that contradict you to not have any power

        Sorry if I came off rude or I’m putting words in your mouth but stuff like that is not ideas I take lightly. I think it’s a threat to democracy

        EDIT: I also hate stuff like this that directly attacks the person with the ideas. I have noticed that the replies to you became a lot ruder after you said that (probably it rubbed off.) I thing it is important to be calm in a discussion


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        You’re comparing a TED Talk that you chose to watch to school curriculum.

        Teachers regularly put informational videos (including TED talks) on in the classroom. It never becomes less interesting because it’s forced upon me - if anything their a nice change of pace

        Those mistakes are from being not restrictive enough

        Can you please elaborate. What “mistakes” did you make and what do you do now (also please elaborate on the “mistakes” society made)

        Also please elaborate on the “effect”

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          Ignoring what we’re fighting about, just think of what you said there. You are saying (correct me if I’m wrong) that we should just not allow people with opinions that contradict you to not have any power

          No one should be basing policy decisions on opinions anyway. Those should be based off facts and data.

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        You’re comparing a TED Talk to school curriculum.

        It was supposed to be an easy to understand example of information being imparted in a more efficient way because it’s made interesting, not a one to one comparison. I felt that “listening to the teacher explain passionately and engagedly about the industrial revolution” was a bit clunky and on the nose.

        I guess I underestimated how literal I have to be when dealing with someone who can’t even imagine that pedagogy other than deprivation works.

        I’m a parent who has witnessed the effects of smart devices on children, and I have made serious mistakes in this area. Those mistakes are from being not restrictive enough.

        No, those mistakes have likely been mostly from increasing the temptation to goof off on their phones by boring them.

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          I apologize, but your comments started stuoid and the devolved into ignorant nonsense, and thus poor other fella keeps engaging you like you’re capable of honest debate.

          Education has never been about being more interesting than games or entertainment, and you sound like a nitwit for even suggesting it. Teachers are tasked with educating, and the #1 preventable reason for kids falling behind isn’t “entertain me more!” . . . it’s shit parenting and upbringing.

          Kids lack impulse control worse than anyone – taking away cell phones is an absolute no-brainer.