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Learning Is Slower Than You Think
What AI-optimized schools misunderstand about learning
In China, AI tutoring has become an obsession: an arms race of adaptive content, automated grading, and algorithmic pacing—fueled by state incentives and parental anxiety. During that same conversation, my friend asked something that cut through the polish of Stanford admissions and startup portfolios:“What happens when a kid from Alpha School says they want to become an electrician?” Some argue that such streamlining is necessary—that in an age of information overload, the deeper skill is not trudging through every concept, but knowing how to filter, pivot, and adapt.
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