Tom Ellis
May 20, 2022

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Hi, Tessa. Me again.

I don't have time to comment on all of the insights you have here; they were too good to be wasted on a letter to an egomaniacal jerk like Elon Musk, and I'd like to see you develop them further, particularly on education.

Our current system sucks, to be sure, but "video game education" does not seem like much of an improvement either. I myself would like to see a curriculum developed--from childhood through early adulthood, that integrated the three kinds of learning--conceptual, procedural, and contextual--with the aim of cultivating the three basic survival values of all living beings: health, (specialized) competence, and (generalized) resilience, in a way that integrates learning, teaching, healing, and creating. Tall order, to be sure. But I'd enjoy hearing more from you on education.

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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