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I think we're just at the very beginning of the journey to see how AI is going to radically shape and reshape our world, which is a little frightening.

But that Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett piece about Wild Things is absolutely brilliant and wonderful and lovely.

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I just listened to Pageau's interview with Martin Shaw this morning, and it was both inspiring and disheartening. Inspiring because of Shaw's approach to story, but disheartening when compared to how great stories are taught (if they're taught at all) in the public school setting.

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I love Shaw's idea of starting with the simple idea of TELLING the stories--learning to inhabit them. So refreshing.

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Regarding abstraction, have you read Language and Thought in Action by Hayakawa? General Semantics is a fascinating thing, except they forget that worldviews and ethics can't be forged from a single tool.

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I haven't read it but I'm aware the ladder term was coined by him--I think. I'll check it out!

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