Edward FiskeTrying to get more learning out of the present system is like trying to get the Pony Express to compete with the telegraph by breeding faster ponies.
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Trying to get more learning out of the present system is like trying to get the Pony Express to compete with the telegraph by breeding faster ponies. This quote is a clear example of the futility of trying to use the current system to solve our problems. We are not going to get more learning out of it by changing it or by changing our approach. The only way that we are going to learn more is to change our approach.
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