Educators have three jobs—teacher, bureaucrat, and cop—that have always clashed with each other, and lockdowns only made this worse. The teacher’s job was often eschewed in favour of fulfilling the roles of bureaucrat and cop. The bureaucrat and cop roles—which valued fairness and order, respectively—worked hand-in-hand to make online classes easier for educators. Educators enforced rigidly objective class requirements with increased surveillance, like eye trackers, to ensure no cheating took place, at the cost of eroding student trust and engagement with the subject matter being taught. Read full article here
Technology
The First Solar-Powered Car Comes at a Hot Price
The Lightyear O is a revolutionary electric car powered by the sun. Developed by a Dutch startup, the four-door sedan has over 50 square feet of solar panels on its roof and hood, generating up to 43 miles of energy a day. With production now underway in Finland, the car does come with a hefty price tag at $262,000, but the company hopes to introduce a more affordable version, the Lightyear 2, by 2025. Read full article here
Merv
January 27, 2023
