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Sure, it sounds just fine.... I couldn't sit through the video though

I don't quite understand why kids need to be taught to want to build things. Most kids already want to build things. They just need an easy interface to accomplish a task and incrementally improve their creation.

Before legos, did we need a kid book about masonry? Of course not, we just needed an easy and approachable type of block.

I'm not meaning to sound so negative. It's a good project with a worthy cause. But, it's value is in the fact that parents want to impart their interests on to their kids and will spend money on artsy little books. So, I'm just questioning whether this is the right product to accomplish the stated cause.



> I don't quite understand why kids need to be taught to want to build things. Most kids already want to build things.

I'm reminded of this quote by Neil Degrasse Tyson in one of his speeches: "Stop worrying about the kids! They're fine, they're already interested in Space. It's the grown ups I'm worried about."




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