Essays
21st Century Skills
The Software Paradox: Why Amplification Isn’t Transformation
Better tools only amplify the system you already have. Transformation needs to be approached from first principles.
Let’s hop in the time machine and rewind to March 2020. I was all set to pitch our groundbreaking product, "21st Century Skills in Schools," to a school district in Utah.. This was the culmination of everything I had written about previously. The 6 Core Tenets, the pursuit of fin...more
A new way for schools to foster 21st-century skills among kids
Future won’t reward obedience and conformity. But schools still teach for it.
As we reach the middle of 2020, it is clear the world has changed forever. The pandemic has left a mark on how we live, how we work, and how we teach our children. For years, we told students that if they follow the rules and get good grades, they will be successful. But as we lo...more