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UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Uber for profs, and a co-work for teaching? The rise in admin costs reeks of rent seeking: https://t.co/2OZmj4C7ps https://t.co/H6CJkeKpUb

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4/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

TL;DR: everything I said about Healthcare applies to Education:https://t.co/xro0vHDJri

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

"this has something to do with the fact that we confuse public administrators with public servants" <3 Brilliant. https://t.co/QFmTh1xQ1U

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4/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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👏 dis 👏 inter 👏 me 👏 diate 👏https://t.co/RpbnGh3qjP

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4/8/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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Disintermediation: disruption theory focusing on filling in 'moats' that keep inefficient bureaucracies alive. Related to decentralization.

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4/12/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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"a stagnant product that is so out of date that it doesn't deliver much social and economic value." @johnrobb https://t.co/b6gRNsUvPZ

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4/13/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

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“Will this be on the test?”https://t.co/zdzkGT0ZDT https://t.co/m5KeOYPl0i

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6/2/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Learning about the history and incentive systems that perpetuate this left me equally jaded.https://t.co/tk7JWTjUnK

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7/9/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Why do bad systems persist if it doesn't help you or me?Because it helps *us*, but only perhaps ideologically. https://t.co/SwL7RvBB1S

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Sometimes, read comments?"Getting dogs to act like cats, because the group needs more cat-like members than it has"https://t.co/yOh3sMQMXA https://t.co/o7UDAv4cI7

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1/10/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Academia: a self-perpetuating organism. Propagates itself via credential based rent-seeking in collusion w/ industryhttps://t.co/Pcg6p05N1B

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Ill fitting systems of Cargo-cults. Puritan work ethic ballooned by feedback loops that look like entryism. Gatekeeping systems of power.

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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The idea of free college, at least in America, is short term solution to a systemic problem of power and control embedded our social fabric.

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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To 'fix' education, we have to question what it is, not what it purports to be. Are we solving the right problem?https://t.co/s3pMDqawlJ

UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

Disruption has many scales:Gas attendant -> Selfserve gas pumps -> Automated gas filling -> Gasless cars -> Car sharing -> Carless cities

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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What is the current system doing for us? How can we transition out of ill fitting system without causing more pain?https://t.co/AIIgMmhlPQ

UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

Our society is raising children in daycares. Buck the trend and de-program this mentality, and your organization will unlock greatness.

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What if that's bad?https://t.co/5VTuK4y9mb

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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We could dissolve the current system, but if we only tackle one half of the industry -> educational complex...?https://t.co/usH299Sxt2

UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

The sharing economy ought to be a coop economy. Disruption for social good is the most direct way to raise all boats https://t.co/juz5f8Pd28

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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I'm not enthused about cut-throat libertarian corporate overlords paying in scrip to go to college & feed their machine. #cyberpunkdystopia

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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These systems of prestige are mirrored within large corporations. Guess which prof had a more prestigious resume...https://t.co/i6ORFLqo3D

UltimApe@ultimape• about 10 years ago

College in nutshell:My best prof. quit & my worst prof. was on accreditation panel reviewing other colleges. https://t.co/o3IsnDV19z

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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What if the only thing holding these mutualistic hierarchies in check is a sort of balancing effect between powers? It's a scary thought.

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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But it's a very valid observation among mutualists arms races.https://t.co/nlBgjdrUEv https://t.co/9DrYB5tuXS

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"It's a co-evolutionary war, People used to think of mutualisms as friendly [...] more of a battlefield."https://t.co/jTjaURfmCD https://t.co/OvNSIXWRr5

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Or worse, what if this destabilization is plan of a 3rd party actor looking to maximize actual disruption & chaos?https://t.co/AkQ33vD78x https://t.co/uq0yzrnbef

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"Disrupting the current ecosystem would send ripple effects thru populations and hurt a lot of people."https://t.co/FGROupwNzu https://t.co/mp7h9941IK

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

https://t.co/1EYLid4EpB

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Molcoh is a system, Neo. [Made of] the very minds of the people we are trying to save. Are you listening to me, Neo?https://t.co/deIf50iUcb

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9/29/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"…act more like a legislative parasite that consumes the industrial base, and replaces it with cartels and trolls."https://t.co/9NCy2VsjnG https://t.co/B7YUGINaj5

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9/30/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

https://t.co/qphnz3F2by

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 10 years ago

How do you get free education w/out padding pockets of the education lobby via government reimbursement programs? Make them irrelevant.

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10/14/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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Shot, chaser.Both sides are right: result of dueling cultural feedback loop. Flywheels.https://t.co/vv3wsEV6nj vs https://t.co/RJQtevi8pD https://t.co/dzPAtVJ5zR

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

We've created a system where industry convinces government to place it's training problem on institutions under guise of it being a commons.

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

But it isn't a commons at all, now is it?https://t.co/edOesRBKf4

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Ratchet up the levels of abstraction until you are far enough outside of the game that you can see the metagame.https://t.co/NNWPVb0XEk

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Someone's going to kick the cards out from under this system...Maybe it already has? Craigslist but for education?https://t.co/OQ4SI7tYgC

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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I've been musing about this since at least 2015https://t.co/0bf1ImWrh4

UltimApe@ultimape• over 10 years ago

Thinking about the function of human powered engines within the human run machine literally keeps me up at night. I hope I make sense.

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

s/advertising/schools/https://t.co/zuSLtI2MJU

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Information transfer in networks is speeding up due to social.Perhaps we don't need advertising as much anymore? https://t.co/WGALMWd4rH

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

We're still feeling the effects of the shift to network systems. The prosumer is tearing down walls.https://t.co/RWKVj5OYQA

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Information networks operating at the cost of light, and the cost of light has never been lower. Update your priors:https://t.co/HCgtzG1dr0 https://t.co/iQGbflAIQc

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

The theory of the firm is based on infofriction ideas from an era of mailroom clerk.So is organizational learning.https://t.co/k4GxD00eiL https://t.co/5Du2HbqGH4

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What does change look like on macro?Dying institutions fighting over scraps of power.New guard biding it's time.https://t.co/DNaKpy3zCb

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"long-term-oriented entrepreneur who wished to take advantage of decentralization ... reaped the benefits" https://t.co/42NRltfQQ2 https://t.co/Lt4DfzZqYG

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11/5/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm not the only one who sees the changing of the guard.https://t.co/CXpmPbBTD2

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12/13/2017