February 8, 2022
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Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass
Youngsters, Angry Birds & Worm Grunting
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss our older perspective on the younger people and render our unfair critique therein. We talk about education and educational technology, the pros, and cons, and what may be possible in the future. Then Kris tells a story about Infowars, Fox News, and a white-collar rhetoric war gone wild and high-tech. Lastly, we joke about a local man we see getting ready to go fishing for the day and being guilt-tripped by Sarah McLachlan into saving suffering animals.
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“Just want to find out what they need to do and get out of there.
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Captures a task-oriented mindset where learning is minimized to required outputs rather than driven by curiosity or intellectual exploration.
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Explores how AI tools impact student work, plagiarism, and the future of assessment.
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“Learn by doing makes way more sense to most people than it used to.
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Advocates for experiential learning over traditional passive educational models.
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Infographic showing a platform where students rate and rank lessons, allowing the most effective teaching content to rise to the top globally.
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“The attention span has been decimated.
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Reflects the impact of digital environments on sustained focus and deep thinking.
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Infographic illustrating how notifications, apps, and multitasking fragment attention and reduce deep cognitive engagement.
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“Attention is the modern world's most scarce resource.
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Frames attention as the core currency in modern digital economies.
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Infographic breaking down communication into tone, energy, vocabulary, timing, and emotional awareness across different contexts.
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“When you're first learning, you undercut yourself when you cheat because you don't learn it.
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Emphasizes the importance of foundational understanding before leveraging shortcuts.
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Insights into how developers learn, collaborate, and rely on shared knowledge platforms.
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“It's a narrative. It's a worldview, it's a philosophy. It's not necessarily grounded in fact. It's carefully grooming an approach. It's carefully grooming a way of looking at things, a way of filtering and processing information.
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Highlights how media can shape perception frameworks rather than just deliver information.
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Infographic showing how repeated narratives influence perception, beliefs, and decision-making over time.
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“I mean the time you spend on the app is the money. That's the holy grail. It's all about focus and attention.
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Summarizes the core business model of attention-driven platforms.
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Research on how digital platforms compete for and monetize human attention.
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Infographic illustrating how user behavior feeds algorithms, which then reinforce similar content to maximize engagement.
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“Because you're more successful. Because they're more successful.
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Proposes a future model where technology aligns its success with improving user outcomes.
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Organization focused on aligning technology with human well-being and ethical design.
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Infographic showing a system where technology supports productivity, health, and meaningful engagement rather than addiction.
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