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@conorsen • Aug 2
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My gut feeling is that parents trying to make their kids elite at reading and writing as a backlash against our screen/video world are like teaching their kids the Dewey decimal system, microfiche, driving a stick shift. Kids intuitively know they're growing up in a video world.

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Derek Thompson & @DKThomp • Aug 2
I hate this take in part bc I mildly disagree but more bc I think you might be right

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David Shor v @davidshor
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