Vimal Vora

@TylerAlterman I love this one: Are you aware right now? How do you know? Then iterate.

What are you favorite “pointing out” instructions? A thread of mine…

@mbateman Is this @AlphaSchoolATX

The divide and conquer strategy of education reform: * Compress everything you need to Win at School into 1 to 3 hours a day, automate, gamify, AI-ify * Rest of day for pedagogical innovation, depth, life, unschooling, whatever

My take: - I'm interested enough for my 9 year old daughter to learn more - I worry about how humanities are taught, can an app really replace passionate teachers and high quality discussion? - When you meet the students, it's hard not to be impressed alpha.school

Alpha isn’t the right fit for everyone. - Not great for students with severe learning disabilities Parents who prefer traditional structure & oversight may struggle - 5-10% of students drop out because they don’t adjust well - It works best for self-directed learners who thrive with independence.

What if your kid loved school so much they’d rather be there than on vacation? Yesterday, I went to a session on Alpha School, which runs out of Austin and is opening a campus in NYC this fall. Their claim? - Kids love school (90%+ say so, 60% prefer it over vacation) - Kids learn 2x faster in half the time - Kids develop real-life skills like public speaking & financial literacy Here’s what I learned: 🧵👇

@akashdshah @paulg I think Black Mirror touches on aspects of this.

@vimalspot @paulg Surprised that dystopian/future movies missed this. How many years away are we?

I feel like people don’t talk enough about what it was like going to college in the late 90s. In 1999, music was precious. By 2001, it was infinite. That shift taught me something about the coming intelligence revolution. A thread on abundance, resistance, and why we can't even imagine what's coming... 🧵

@paulg What aspects of your life would transform first with infinite intelligence? What becomes possible when expertise goes from scarce to abundant? And more importantly, when Napster hit, what music rabbit hole did you go down first?

@paulg The truth? There's no going back. Intelligence, like music, is about to go from scarce to abundant. The only question is: How do we build a world that harnesses this abundance for everyone?

@paulg But what about things that even wealthy people don’t have access to? How about a personal reality enhancer: - Perfect memory of every conversation - Real-time guidance during interactions based on your goals - Pattern recognition across your entire life