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0005 How to begin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is how Looking at Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein’s Book (2021) The Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st<\/sup>Century<\/em> ends.  A BG(il)L education system<\/em> may be depicted as a two-level interscope<\/em>.  The two level interscope<\/em> is introduced in A Primer on Sensible and Social Construction<\/em> (by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues).  A two-level interscope associates to sensible construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0006 On the content level, the normal contexts of individual and institutional development3a<\/sub><\/em> bring the actuality of certification2a<\/sub><\/em> into relation with the potential of ‘personal and government motivations’1a<\/sub><\/em>.  Note that the individual and the institution belong to the normal context3a<\/sub> and potential1a<\/sub>, implying that the individual adopts motivations promulgated by the state.  There is word for the condition where a person adopts the motivations of a governmental system in order to get ahead<\/em> (in this case, certified2a<\/sub>).  Dare I say the colloquial version of that word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0007 On the situation level, the normal context of individual and cultural selection3b<\/sub><\/em> brings the actuality of specialization2b<\/sub><\/em> into relation with the potential of ’employment’1b<\/sub><\/em>.  This implies that ‘a job’ conveys the potential of the entire content level nested form<\/em>.  What might be an alternative?  How about ‘character development’?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that idea in mind, take a look at the normal context3b<\/sub> once again.  Both individual and cultural selection2b<\/sub> endeavor to fill specialized2b<\/sub> jobs1b<\/sub> with individuals willing to<\/em> (dare I say the word?) to government systems in order to get ahead<\/em>.  Perhaps, I can call the process, “unnatural selection”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0008 Who would volunteer to become hostages… er… collaborators to such a system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betsy DeVos’s political adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, they would volunteer every child to become a hostage in their BG(il)L system.  After all, being a hostage<\/em> is good for them.  Being a hostage<\/em> turns them into collaborators (rather than sovereign individuals).  Being a hostage2a<\/sub><\/em> is the pathway to getting a job1b<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0009 The BG(il)L system is not about character development, which requires guidance.  It is all about expertise, which requires instruction.  Experts are specialists2b<\/sub>.  Experts are certified2a<\/sub> to participate in particular occupations1b<\/sub>. Specializations2b<\/sub> virtually situate certification2a<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-level operation appears sensible.  DeVos talks about mastery of subject<\/em>.  Is that the same as expertise?<\/em>  These terms belong to a level that does not appear in the above figures.  The perspective level only becomes visible when the content and situation levels fail.  Is the above sensible construction failing?  Well, I already know that it fails anyone who does not want to conform their personal motivations1a<\/sub> to the desires of the state1a<\/sub> in order to get a job1b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0010 Does this fit with DeVos’s storyline?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think so.  DeVos writes as if she holds a perspective-level solution to mandatory BG(il)L education systems.  Subject mastery2c<\/sub> is not the same as expertise2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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