In the boost phase of a newly launched idea, it’s actually a really good idea to train teachers. That gives you exponential growth.
It’s a fail if the discipline gets into a death spiral about teaching teachers to teach teachers, iff the recursion lacks a termination condition. (Suitable conditions left as an exercise.)
Even in the cruise phase, an idea needs a teacher replacement rate of >= 1.
In cruise phase, it’s a fail if every student wants to teach. But I don’t see how it’s a fail if some students want to teach and proceed to do so. Nor do I see how it’s a fail if they end up being most of the teachers.
The intersection of two very rare categories of people is nobody.
Aren’t you the same guy who, just a few days ago, pointed out how much better a trained professional is at his job than some volunteer? Teaching is a nontrivial skill.
In the boost phase of a newly launched idea, it’s actually a really good idea to train teachers. That gives you exponential growth.
Most memes that grow exponentially do not manage to stay sane. What’s best for the exponential growth of a meme (as though it were a bacterium with no identity other than itself) may not be best for the culturation of a cause. Exponential growth is good, I agree, but the fastest possible exponential growth… seems more doubtful.
Exponential growth around friends giving friends copies of a fixed book, seems safer and shallower; the book won’t change as it’s passed around. The building-up of rationality dojos is a longer, slower endeavor which should be more carefully gotten right.
Plus you can look for students who’ve already done something interesting with their lives and train them to be the teachers.
Hmm. I’ll concede a measured rate of startup, although I can’t offhand think of any meme that got deranged by fast growth (and was sane to begin with).
Perhaps, adopt the martial art idea of not giving out too many certificates-to-teach, and using lineage to check accreditation?
In the boost phase of a newly launched idea, it’s actually a really good idea to train teachers. That gives you exponential growth.
It’s a fail if the discipline gets into a death spiral about teaching teachers to teach teachers, iff the recursion lacks a termination condition. (Suitable conditions left as an exercise.)
Even in the cruise phase, an idea needs a teacher replacement rate of >= 1.
In cruise phase, it’s a fail if every student wants to teach. But I don’t see how it’s a fail if some students want to teach and proceed to do so. Nor do I see how it’s a fail if they end up being most of the teachers.
The intersection of two very rare categories of people is nobody.
Aren’t you the same guy who, just a few days ago, pointed out how much better a trained professional is at his job than some volunteer? Teaching is a nontrivial skill.
Most memes that grow exponentially do not manage to stay sane. What’s best for the exponential growth of a meme (as though it were a bacterium with no identity other than itself) may not be best for the culturation of a cause. Exponential growth is good, I agree, but the fastest possible exponential growth… seems more doubtful.
Exponential growth around friends giving friends copies of a fixed book, seems safer and shallower; the book won’t change as it’s passed around. The building-up of rationality dojos is a longer, slower endeavor which should be more carefully gotten right.
Plus you can look for students who’ve already done something interesting with their lives and train them to be the teachers.
Hmm. I’ll concede a measured rate of startup, although I can’t offhand think of any meme that got deranged by fast growth (and was sane to begin with).
Perhaps, adopt the martial art idea of not giving out too many certificates-to-teach, and using lineage to check accreditation?