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I had an uncle like you. He was one of my favorites :)

I made a poor assumption that the children didn’t understand that you were joking. I apologize.

They’re growing up fast now days. Careful with that. They’ll not forget.

I enjoy children because adults lie. I also enjoy setting an expectation of similar nuance of technical understanding as I would for an adult and then being surprised at how many rise to the occasion.

The other day I was talking to a ten year old about the French Revolution and American independence. She didn’t have the words to express that she already understood. Instead, she held on hand in the air as if grasping something and the other near her chest as if sorta cradling something. I immediately recognized it as the Status of Liberty. I explained simply that it was their gift to us. She replied, “So we’d remember?”

I don’t know how to end this post. Do what the OP says.

If we can reason and communicate effectively then we’re much harder to exploit.

Education is priced above the balance of supply and demand because in wider scope it’s more profitable to deny access.

Denial of access to education is a very good way to leave many people with violence as their only practical means of change.

There’s a “black hole”, humanity’s beyond the event horizon, and barely anyone even acknowledges the existence of any of it.

But, no matter how hard one tries to sink into the void they cannot deny the human paradigm. Complex communication of the hypothetical us all that defines our species from the other animals. A human’s meaning-of-life is, at the root, the same as everyone else’s.

Above:

Ecclesiastes by King Solomon

“All we need to do is make sure we keep talking” by Stephen Hawking, British Telecom advertisement (1993)

Continuing:

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan

If any of this resonates with you then I’d be happy to have a conversation. This account should be active until March-ish.