From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Sun May 19 2002 - 12:53:54 MDT
On 2002.05.19, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> wrote:
> I really don't think this is best taught through chores.
> Chores are just going to be chores, onerous and unwished.
You don't do your own laundry or cook your own meals, do you?
I mean, as an adult, today.
What about bathing? Or brushing your teeth?
How did you learn to do all these things on your own? Who
are you helping, other than perhaps yourself? You think it's
good to teach kids to be self-serving?
-- Dossy
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