Thread by @therealjohntan

"You get rewarded by society for giving it what it wants and doesn’t know how to get elsewhere." - Naval Ravikant

Airbnb - stay in people's homes
Amazon - buy everything online

Kids are already experts at asking 'why not'.

5 ways to help kids intuit what society wants.

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1/ Help kids develop empathy.

As parents, empathise with your child and model empathy for others.

Children learn empathy both from experiencing our empathy for them and from watching us.

h/t @MCCHarvardEd

@MCCHarvardEd 2/ Encourage kids to ask questions.

Question everything.

Practise 5 Whys.

Challenge the status quo.

@MCCHarvardEd 3/ Help kids develop maker mindset.

Creative confidence.

A sense of agency.

Willingness to take risks.

Ability to accept failure.

h/t @LuminaryLabs

@MCCHarvardEd @LuminaryLabs 4/ Get kids to identify specific problems or challenges.

Make them identify problems themselves.

Problems within their community.

Problems amongst their peers.

@MCCHarvardEd @LuminaryLabs 5/ Get kids in the habit of reading the news.

Be interested in what goes on in the world.

Learn to think critically about issues.

Develop the confidence to debate issues and defend their views.

For more ideas from Naval that kids can start actioning on today, check out the thread below.

https://twitter.com/therealjohntan/status/1479815167856848897?s=20