S2 E14 The Freedom Contract – Part 3 on Ignorance

Episode discussion topics <ul><li>Provide people with the knowledge and skills to effectively participate in the pursuit of happiness. Teach everyone how to fish for republic's sake! </li> <li>Provide a full contextual view of humanity and the power of human knowledge and collaboration: anthropology, people's histories, society, and civics. </li> <li>Ensure that people learn about their environment, their place among it, and how to navigate it using reason and decision making.</li> </ul> <p>Your hosts: Michael V. Piscitelli and Raymond Wong Jr.</p> More info <ul><li>The planks of the Freedom Contract Platform, “In Pursuit of Happiness” (our draft working name for it). The three parts of this series align to the following: <ul><li>Part 1: Freedom from oppression including equal justice for all, digital ownership rights, state surveillance, and other violence.</li> <li>Part 2: Freedom from poverty including a donut-style economic model with a floor to stand on and a ceiling that protects the earth from greed and excess.</li> <li>Part 3: Freedom from ignorance including the development of skills for lifelong learning and adaptability, to collaborate among different groups of people and achieve a common goal, and the value of civic society and science for the sake of knowledge.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Shout out to the Future Hindsight podcast, in particular for this subject, check out the episode <a href='https://www.futurehindsight.com/episode/fixing-high-schools-ted-dintersmith/'>Fixing High Schools: Ted Dintersmith</a>. Very insightful discussion on the outcomes and expectations we should apply to what learning needs to look like for the future we want to live in.</li> <li><a href='https://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/976.full'>Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function </a>! Researchers have evidence to make a compelling argument that, "it appears that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity." (You may have to register to see the article) - What you need to know is... "The poor often behave in less cap