Why do schools still teach content instead of skilling students to succeed in the Information Age?
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    I find it strange that all educational philosophy and research gets ignored by modern high school education.

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    Chris lougheed
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    How can we balance global overpopulation while reducing the terrible suffering of factory farmed animals?
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    It is one of the things that keeps me awake at night the suffering of innocent creatures to feed the ego driven need of humans to reproduce themselves with no consideration but ther own desire or ignorance.
    We cannot call ourselves civilised while we continue down this path.

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    Karen
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    Why do I feel scared?
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    Because life is beautiful… my part in it is small… what is there to fear?

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    @leahcostello1
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    What would inspire you to be more altruistic in the way that you spend your money?
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    I believe that we are moving toward a world where altruism is not just a nicety, but a necessity. I’m interested to know what it is that makes people want to help. Is it a case of not knowing that you’re helping? Or is it a more conscious act?

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    TED
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    How can we foster a culture of respectful, critical, fruitful conversation on important social issues where we feel strongly and disagree?
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    Public discourse on politically contested matters—like climate change, refugees, distribution of resources, etc.—seems to be at a low ebb. We need to find ways to address these issues constructively if we are to have any hope of meeting the challenges of the coming years. But how can we be a part of the solution and not just a part of the problem?

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    @consequently
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    Why aren’t fish farms used to fill in large mining holes after decontamination? Can they be lined with something to make them safe?
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    James Geddes
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    Can we have a public open discussion on the question of if we have the right to decide when we want to die
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    I am very interested in working withholder people who are interested in planning for their end of life decision making and this is the BIG issue that keeps being discussed.

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    Jenifer Lee
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    What’s it all about, Alfie?
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    I have always found it to be a most poignant song/question and I wanted to ask it again in a milieu where it would be wrestled with a tad. With the 24 hour news cycle constantly informing us yet increasingly we have no clue as to what is really going on in the world.
    is viewing events the best way for us to understand the world? Or should we be looking deeper?

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    Tess Maskell
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    Is the art of conversation dwindling in the age of social media?
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    Do people not know how to carry a conversation between two people any more?

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    Tara
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    why are we attracted to inappropriate people?
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    Despite our better judgement we all seem to be attracted to someone who is so clearly not right for us at some point in our lives.

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    @brittrcarroll
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    Is the universe really as big as we think it is?
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    The concept of light years, billions of stars in our galaxy and then billions of galaxies outside of the Milky Way is just too big to get a grip on. Maybe there is another concept of distance in a physical law that we haven’t discovered yet, and that will make more sense of these distances and scale? Maybe the micro-world is as big relatively to the universe, that is, the relative distances between individual components of atoms and molecules is just as vast as the universe is big? How can there be an end to the universe – where is it located if it is confined in some way? We know so much – why don’t we know this?

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    Peter Martin
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    Is the answer to despair hope, or action? Is there anything you can’t add lemon zest to?
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    @reallykazcooke
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    Is there actually such a thing as unconditional love – and if there were, what would it actually mean?
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    Tiny Iota
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