> It takes time for fields of study to process and abstract these things, because they weren't just handed it on a silver platter in school.
A sense of the phrase "knowledge is power" aligns with this.
I read Alan Kay's "User Interface - A Personal View" [1] recently, wherein he discusses Seymour Papert's [2] ideas on learning, specifically the 3 stages of learning. I found Papert's conception (with only mild exaggeration) to be illuminating. For example, I now have a explanatory model as to why certain inventions that did not require the du jour technology of the industrial age were developed so late in the game.
A sense of the phrase "knowledge is power" aligns with this.
I read Alan Kay's "User Interface - A Personal View" [1] recently, wherein he discusses Seymour Papert's [2] ideas on learning, specifically the 3 stages of learning. I found Papert's conception (with only mild exaggeration) to be illuminating. For example, I now have a explanatory model as to why certain inventions that did not require the du jour technology of the industrial age were developed so late in the game.
[1]: http://www.vpri.org/pdf/hc_user_interface.pdf [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert