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Some text from the intro that got too long but has some sentences could use somewhere:
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although of course there are plenty more who are not well known. So it makes sense to distribute this material as widely as possible; one obvious way might be record video footage of these people and make it openly available on the internet, which today is a trivial and cheap task. Of course there would be plenty of people, both material distributors and educators, who might want to do this on a commercial basis, but for the benefit of those learning, this is not the ideal model - it is vital that this material is freely available. Once this free repository contains some great material, it should encourage others to follow suit. Great respect will be given to those that do contribute good material and it is likely that reputation will be the driving factor for quality.
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What is being explained must be made relevant to the person consuming it. Subjects should be linked together rather than artificially partitioned.
  
It cannot be expected, at least initially, for the educators to do this spontaneously, there needs to be a concerted effort to target inspirational individuals and record their material. Anyone would be free to submit material too and as there
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>> Aldous Huxley's utopian vision in ''Island'' featured a school that teaches a subject called 'Bridge-building', which is the study of how all the other subjects fit into each other. Bucky's ideas of comprehensive thinking and synergy are similar.
  
There would likely be plenty of bad material, but the good stuff will bubble it way up to the top.
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Teachers can then use this resource to help them introduce new subjects.
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Facilities - environment is very important to education. I think there are studies linking things like air quality, brightness, and the presence of natural elements (potted plants etc.) to learning. Find references.
  
There are teachers and educators for every module of every subject
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Making the material of the most interesting educators available to anyone. Video and interactive material.  
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What is being explained must be made relevant to the person consuming it. Subjects should be linked together rather than artificially partitioned. (Aldous Huxley's utopian vision in ''Island'' featured a school that teaches a subject called 'Bridge-building', which is the study of how all the other subjects fit into each other.)
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Some things can be learned theoretically (e.g. subjects currently taught in schools). These can be done by the open-content learning hub described.<br> Other subjects require practical learning: cooking, dance or anything physical. Skill-acquisition is different from theoretical learning. Cannot be taught online.<br>Other thing, like meditation, require repeated experience, but are not exactly skills.
  
 
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Facilities
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Hands-on learning. Getting students to devise and undertake projects like designing and creating a new invention, social entrepreneurship. Teaches actual life skills of organization and getting-shit-done.
 
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Education and high standards of living generally reduces birth-rate - drastically. In parts of Europe the birth-rate is now at less than replacement levels.
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Other social impacts of education? AIDS etc.?
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http://www.p2pu.org/About-P2PU
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What is being explained must be made relevant to the person consuming it. Subjects should be linked together rather than artificially partitioned.

>> Aldous Huxley's utopian vision in Island featured a school that teaches a subject called 'Bridge-building', which is the study of how all the other subjects fit into each other. Bucky's ideas of comprehensive thinking and synergy are similar.


Facilities - environment is very important to education. I think there are studies linking things like air quality, brightness, and the presence of natural elements (potted plants etc.) to learning. Find references.


http://www.p2pu.org/About-P2PU


Some things can be learned theoretically (e.g. subjects currently taught in schools). These can be done by the open-content learning hub described.
Other subjects require practical learning: cooking, dance or anything physical. Skill-acquisition is different from theoretical learning. Cannot be taught online.
Other thing, like meditation, require repeated experience, but are not exactly skills.


Hands-on learning. Getting students to devise and undertake projects like designing and creating a new invention, social entrepreneurship. Teaches actual life skills of organization and getting-shit-done.