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FrankenPC on Sept 19, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Commodore 64 Spike: A Freakonomics-ish Theory ...

Back in the C64 days everything was absolutely fresh. Everything was exciting. No one was an "expert". Everyone was just really enjoying experimenting. THAT'S why it was exciting. It was undiscovered country. To kids, it's boring now. There's nothing to discover. Deep down, kids want adventure. It seems computer science is being relegated to the same box mathematics is stored in.

kranzky on Sept 19, 2013 [–]

But isn't maths boring at school because we're teaching it wrong? See Conrad Wolfram's TED Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60OVlfAUPJg

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