> Do we need schools for that, or will kids learn the same by messing around in multiplayer Minecraft or whatever the zeitgeist is?
You don't read facial expressions, body language, use your body, exchange bacteria/viruses, have body contact, &c. in minecraft
You can't go against hundred millions years of evolution and expect minecraft to replace real life. (see loneliness epidemic, obesity epidemic, depression epidemic), we're smartish apes, not AIs or computers. We're not designed to seat all day, we're not design to interacts with screens
If you can entirely replace education you don't need _school_ per day but you need long term group socialization with people who have different and similar opinions and backgrounds, physical activity, mental entertainment and challenges
The end goal is to live in healthy and collaborative societies, not to be mienscraft basement dwellers
You're being a bit too bogged down in the specific example there; I never got into the game myself and only used it as an example because a relative used it to socialise pre-pandemic.
I mean, VRChat can do the facial expressions, video games don't prevent exercise, and there's plenty of ways to share germs if you find vaccines too clinical and high-tech.
And of course, I'm currently using my glowing rectangle to group socialise with with people who have different and similar opinions and backgrounds, for example yourself.
You don't read facial expressions, body language, use your body, exchange bacteria/viruses, have body contact, &c. in minecraft
You can't go against hundred millions years of evolution and expect minecraft to replace real life. (see loneliness epidemic, obesity epidemic, depression epidemic), we're smartish apes, not AIs or computers. We're not designed to seat all day, we're not design to interacts with screens
If you can entirely replace education you don't need _school_ per day but you need long term group socialization with people who have different and similar opinions and backgrounds, physical activity, mental entertainment and challenges
The end goal is to live in healthy and collaborative societies, not to be mienscraft basement dwellers