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A typical piece dealing with the Achievement Gap:
https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/what-is-the-achievement-gap/
A (somewhat) more sensible take on the Achievement Gap: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/rethinking-achievement-gap
This video only glosses the drawbacks of work / full-time employment for the employed, so here’s something closer to an unabridged overview:
slate.com/human-interest/2018/04/is-your-work-killing-you.html
I vented in the video about the routine-instilling nature of work, because this is what personally affects me the most about being employed. Realistically though, a more impersonal summary sees the harshest drawbacks stemming from what takes place within the shift itself. So as much as I want to complain on a personal level, in more detail, I know that pointing to the available research is the way to go. I’m nowhere near as unlucky as the profiled subjects and general trends reported in the above article.
Related: fastcompany.com/90230330/how-our-obsession-with-productivity-evolved
This productivity-is-everything mindset is arguably unjustified as it leads to masochism and aimless bean-counting. With each passing year, I inch closer to concluding that the genuine upsides (of productivity concern) are not enough to ultimately compensate for the many downsides. But if you find that the productivity story is more complex than that, let's hear it.
Robin Hanson: School Isn’t For Learning:
overcomingbias.com/2010/08/school-isnt-about-learning.html
AKA why I even bothered bringing up the Radical Proposal towards the end of the video.
Hanson on The Case Against Education:
overcomingbias.com/2018/01/read-the-case-against-education.html
(Not a fan of Bryan Caplan, by the way, but I've found that his work on education is way more hit than miss, so I'll include Hanson's praising of that work)
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation:
sprigghr.com/blog/hr-professionals/extrinsic-intrinsic-motivation-examples-whats-the-difference
The New Orleans School Experiment: youtu.be/OW0y7Dj1_0Y
Charter Schools: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_school
Critical Pedagogy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy
List of autodidacts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autodidacts
I’m probably forgetting something again, so this low-bar will be updated the moment I recall whatever that something is. It might just be a feeling of incompleteness for having a gone through a full description section without linking anything from the SEP. Feels weird, man.
A typical piece dealing with the Achievement Gap:
https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/what-is-the-achievement-gap/
A (somewhat) more sensible take on the Achievement Gap: https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/rethinking-achievement-gap
This video only glosses the drawbacks of work / full-time employment for the employed, so here’s something closer to an unabridged overview:
slate.com/human-interest/2018/04/is-your-work-killing-you.html
I vented in the video about the routine-instilling nature of work, because this is what personally affects me the most about being employed. Realistically though, a more impersonal summary sees the harshest drawbacks stemming from what takes place within the shift itself. So as much as I want to complain on a personal level, in more detail, I know that pointing to the available research is the way to go. I’m nowhere near as unlucky as the profiled subjects and general trends reported in the above article.
Related: fastcompany.com/90230330/how-our-obsession-with-productivity-evolved
This productivity-is-everything mindset is arguably unjustified as it leads to masochism and aimless bean-counting. With each passing year, I inch closer to concluding that the genuine upsides (of productivity concern) are not enough to ultimately compensate for the many downsides. But if you find that the productivity story is more complex than that, let's hear it.
Robin Hanson: School Isn’t For Learning:
overcomingbias.com/2010/08/school-isnt-about-learning.html
AKA why I even bothered bringing up the Radical Proposal towards the end of the video.
Hanson on The Case Against Education:
overcomingbias.com/2018/01/read-the-case-against-education.html
(Not a fan of Bryan Caplan, by the way, but I've found that his work on education is way more hit than miss, so I'll include Hanson's praising of that work)
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation:
sprigghr.com/blog/hr-professionals/extrinsic-intrinsic-motivation-examples-whats-the-difference
The New Orleans School Experiment: youtu.be/OW0y7Dj1_0Y
Charter Schools: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_school
Critical Pedagogy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy
List of autodidacts: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autodidacts
I’m probably forgetting something again, so this low-bar will be updated the moment I recall whatever that something is. It might just be a feeling of incompleteness for having a gone through a full description section without linking anything from the SEP. Feels weird, man.
