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Early Childhood Learning

Early Childhood Learning in London Five things everyone already suspects about early childhood learning but was waiting for a website to confirm Early childhood learning is the only sector of society where a wooden block, a banana flashcard, and a song about brushing your teeth can carry more strategic importance than most government white papers. Every adult who says, “Kids are like sponges,” immediately spends the rest of the day…

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Elon Musk & Harvard

Elon Musk Informs Harvard It Is Very Nice, But Have You Considered Just Building Something? In a statement that arrived on elite campuses like a rogue weather system nobody had forecast, Elon Musk declared: “Don’t confuse schooling with education. I didn’t go to Harvard, but the people that work for me did.” The remark, recently amplified by Indian media and then immediately amplified again by every person who ever felt vaguely overqualified…

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Britain Forgets How to Britain

Britain Forgets How to Britain, Asks ChatGPT for Reminder BBC Warns That AI Is Rotting the National Brain in an Article Read Exclusively in Summary Form LONDON — The BBC has issued a grave warning that artificial intelligence may be eroding the nation’s memory, creativity and capacity for critical thought. The warning was published at 7.02 on Tuesday morning. By 7.04, 31% of the country had pasted it into ChatGPT…

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Strait of Hormuz Temporarily Closed

Strait of Hormuz Becomes World’s Priciest “Temporarily Closed — Back in a Bit” Sign Khasab Residents Confirm War Feels Remarkably Like Living Next to a Very Cross, Very Loud Shipping Lane From the sun-scorched cliffs of Oman, where tourists once arrived clutching Lonely Planet guides and a vague interest in dolphins, locals now enjoy a rather different attraction: watching the global economy have an extremely public nervous breakdown. There are…