Our children, your profit centers.
Their data, digital toil,
your oil.
Not to sell…outright,
But to collect and package
for the gamblers of global finance.
Titles and social standing held out.
Such a terrible temptation to frack children for time behind the velvet rope.
Impact investors, “social” ones, cloak exploits in justice
starve schools
play a long game
nudge, nudge, nudge us in the direction they want us to go.
Towards the “Infinite Campus” and say
The city is your classroom!
Go out and learn anytime, anywhere.
It’s all good, Future-Ready, innovative, personalized!
No need for neighborhood schools.
Expensive
20th century
Human
And humans simply do not deliver data with fidelity.
So, tablets for the littles
Chrome books
Smart phones for “lifelong learning”
Algorithms, optimizing us for a dystopian economy.
Know what we do.
Where we go.
How we think.
How we feel.
How we RATE.
In a world…
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The Season Of Myths 