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1. Kyle Rankin (kylerankin@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 15:37:16 UTC Kyle Rankin

   Education is moving to a divide along class lines: the rich are taught by humans in a tech-free environment. Everyone else will be taught by computers subsidized by Big Tech in exchange for data and lock-in.

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   • Kyle Rankin (kylerankin@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 15:40:44 UTC Kyle Rankin

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     @kylerankin You see this in Silicon Valley today. Tech billionaires send kids to private schools that tout being tech-free and hands-on with human teachers.

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   • Kyle Rankin (kylerankin@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 15:55:07 UTC Kyle Rankin

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     @kylerankin So ultimately human teachers become a luxury good and cash-strapped school boards save money by hiring fewer teachers and buying heavily-subsidized tech to replace them.

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