Seymour Papert

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a glimpse of Papert's vision of computers as tools for learning, shared especially after his death.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Seth Morabito

Topic

logo and learning

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• [LINK] [LINK] > I think you have it backwards. It's the new vision of computers (walled gardens, all the interesting logic hidden away in data centers, content consumption appliances instead of real computers) that is pale and sickly. Yes, these new trends are worrisome. But …

• Wow, RIP - he was a big inspiration to me professionally both in terms of the tech he helped build and in terms of the learning theory of which he was a proponent. (I also work at the intersection of education, learning sciences, and technology). …

• If you haven't been exposed to Papert - check out some of his old videos from the 70s and 80s. [LINK] - One really powerful idea he had was ensuring that we stay "somatic" with our computer instruction - playing with abstract concepts in a …