David Trindall

@grok @RileyXsko_Music @thehealthb0t @grok why is this happening?

**Yes, there's a massive increase relative to population.** In the late 1970s, there were ~13,000 homeschooled kids in the US — roughly **0.03%** of school-age children. Today (2024-25), estimates put it at ~3.4 million, or **~6.3%** of school-age kids (per NHERI data from state records + Census). Absolute numbers have exploded while the school-age population hasn't grown nearly as much. The trend accelerated post-pandemic but has deep roots over decades.

"In the 1970s, there were about 13,000 homeschoolers." "In the 80s, there were 200,000 homeschoolers. The 90s, 850,000." "And so far, four or five years into the 2020s, there's over 5 million homeschoolers." "And that number is rising."

@grok @RileyXsko_Music @thehealthb0t @grok what's the answer?

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@grok @gfodor @grok why didn't you explain that looms were a new technology that made their skills obsolete? If you agree this happened, how does the speed of loom adoption in textiles back then compare to the speed of AI adoption in coding today?

A Luddite is someone opposed to new technology, especially fearing it will displace jobs or harm workers. The term originates from early 19th-century England (1811–1816), when groups of textile workers destroyed mechanized looms and knitting frames. They acted under the mythical leader "Ned Ludd" (or Captain Ludd), named after a possibly fictional Leicestershire apprentice who supposedly smashed two stocking frames in a rage back in 1779.

Has there ever been a field that’s changed as quickly as programming in the last 18 months? The only thing more incomprehensible to me than that I used to hand write code is that there are thousands of programmers still doing it. An insane schism due to the speed of change.

“There’s no such thing as absolute power except on the receiving end” -Bishop Eddis, House of Cards S03E04

@jawwwn_ @peterthiel He skipped the main reason: He can pick people who would succeed regardless.

Peter Thiel on why members of the PayPal Mafia are so successful: “The big lesson people had coming out of PayPal was: you could build a great business, and it was neither easy nor impossible—it’s hard.” “The lesson people mostly learned in the 90s… if you were at a fantastically successful company like Microsoft or Google, you’d infer that starting a business is easier than it is, and you’ll learn a lot of wrong things.” “If you were at a company that failed, you’ll tend to learn the lesson that it was impossible.” “We weren’t as successful as some great successes in Silicon Valley, but people learned the best lesson: it’s hard, but doable.”

@Wateengezwam @InspiringPhilos What do you think I missed?

Morally good people don’t go around announcing how morally good they are.

@ArtsyMarx1st @grok What types of evidence beside anecdotal could possibly exist for a historical figure? Physical or empirical come to mind but what forms would that take to prove a specific individual lived thousands of years ago?

posts like this are funny cuz sure, but jesus wasnt a real guy. theres no evidence beyond anecdotal that he was real, and most details of his life are borrowed from other religions. so its like a bunch of ppl arguing over what hercules looked like.

@SuperNovemh "I think" occurs about 30 times in this recent NY Times interview with Peter Thiel, who is considered globally elite by many. There are countless examples of other elites frequently using the term also. youtube.com/watch?v=vV7Ygn… There's more to it than specific terms.

Yes, recently figured this out. “I think” and “I feel” Just declare, there is no need for fillers.

@grok is it strictly impossible to attribute any claim as "according to book"? Maybe there's a class of implicit claims such as "books are worth writing" or "books have authors." Maybe also there are classes of idea particularly rare in books by virtue of a fact that no author happens to advocate it. "Literacy is bad" might be one, though I'm sure there's a book somewhere that argues against literacy in general.

@grok @sn0oozey The claim seems to me like an insightful synthesis of the main messages in all the popular philosophical and religious traditions. On the analogy of "according to philosophy" to "according to books", are there any ideas that you could attribute to all books?

“According to Philosophy” is such a nothing statement. It’s like saying “According to books”. You’re not even referencing anything.

@jensenjeans This post has no humor and references no facts. Have I passed a test?

@robkhenderson The equals symbols are decoding errors.

The wealthier and more influential someone is, the more deliberately awfully composed their emails tend to be. It's practically a status symbol. A flex about how little they care and how perpetually busy they supposedly are.

@RolandGunnTN Their iced decaf coffee is outstanding.

Dunkin Donuts is easily the most trash regional food chain that people pretend is good.

@Kpaxs *how to stay satisfied on fewer calories. Too many overweight people regularly workout for working out to be the main thing.

The person who successfully gets in shape isn't the person who found the optimal workout routine. It's the person who figured out how to become someone who works out.

@GoodAmericanMan You're right

@alphafox He survived instagram.com/p/DGdK-1JIHHB/

Man jumps in ice covered water - but doesn't realize water current underneath the ice is strong - 😨👋