This one in particular made me think of Douglas Rushkoff's book, Survival of the Richest -
"It is just such a huge bummer when you think up a cool idea for how schools should work and teachers chime in with "That's a stupid idea that will never work blah blah facts blah blah blah research" or "Yes, that's a good idea which is why we've been doing it for the past twenty years." How can we enjoy feeling like great thought-leaders and education revolutionaries when people keep interrupting with that shit?"
There's a chapter in his book where he talks about some well-meaning, super wealthy people who decided they wanted to do something about climate change so they set up a summit and invited all of their wealthy friends (none of whom had expertise in climate science) and they ended up coming up with several ideas which already existed and were being put into practice by organizations that actually cared about the environment, as well as many outlandish ideas that would never work (some, again which had already been tried and failed). It really does matter who is in the room in these conversations.
This one in particular made me think of Douglas Rushkoff's book, Survival of the Richest -
"It is just such a huge bummer when you think up a cool idea for how schools should work and teachers chime in with "That's a stupid idea that will never work blah blah facts blah blah blah research" or "Yes, that's a good idea which is why we've been doing it for the past twenty years." How can we enjoy feeling like great thought-leaders and education revolutionaries when people keep interrupting with that shit?"
There's a chapter in his book where he talks about some well-meaning, super wealthy people who decided they wanted to do something about climate change so they set up a summit and invited all of their wealthy friends (none of whom had expertise in climate science) and they ended up coming up with several ideas which already existed and were being put into practice by organizations that actually cared about the environment, as well as many outlandish ideas that would never work (some, again which had already been tried and failed). It really does matter who is in the room in these conversations.