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A real life time-lapse video and what it says about modern society
For ten years, a picture of Natalie was taken every day to create a time-lapse video of her life. It is pretty cool to watch her grow. One thing I thought was interesting, is that you can actually see how we forfeit silliness and become more concerned with how we're viewed in our social groups. After the video ramps up a bit, when Natalie is possibly about 4 years old, there's an explosion in goofy expressions that slowly dies down when she's around 8 I'd guess.
Like most of us, it seems she has learned there are consequences for being different. This is a major problem with modern society in my opinion: we (on purpose or not) cultivate a fear of looking, talking, acting, or thinking differently, fostering mediocrity instead of creativity. We're told to grow up and then when we do, we fret about being old.
On one hand this is just animal nature at work. On the other, society could be so much more advanced if we'd all just cut loose a little more.
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Your kid could probably get a pretty good education here
We need excellent teachers, fair and plentiful school budgets, and a curriculum that promotes imagination, self-discovery, and skills that are actually valuable in the real world (money management, tech skills, and basic psychology to name a few), but ultimately, education is the responsibility of the parent and student.
Our world today provides more distractions than in recent past, but it also gives us incredibly heightened access to culture, science, and tools to ponder what it means to be human. The biggest challenge is finding ways to explore without becoming overwhelmed.
Oh, and education doesn't stop after the 12th, 16th, or 20th grade.
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