Two conventions that have overstayed their welcome: being first as a means of business value, and education through memorization. I reflect these insights through two events from 100 and 200 years ago. I also make a case for what could be done differently, by treating the concept of "first" as the begining of the journey not the goal, and using existing material as the jump-off point for investigation instead of the destination.

Somewhere in these topics I also cast dought on the accuracy of factial-recognition and talk a little bit about why, from a computer science perspective.

Correction: The ITBS tests predate the company I mentioned, Pearson was an education company in the Cedar Rapids area, but ITBS tests started in 1939 from the University of Iowa:

https://www.iowapbs.org/iowapathways/mypath/2701/standardized-testing-begins-iowa

Logical Falicies Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYwwNhLvQQI

Rothschild Pump and Dump of 1815:

https://www.artometrics.com/rothschild-the-bankers-who-beat-napoleon/

Differential Equations Paper:

https://tomrocksmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/the-differing-impacts-of-differential-equations-on-the-economy.pdf

Efficient Market Hypothesis:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/efficientmarkethypothesis.asp

Overly-confident Facial Recognition Article:

https://www.securityindustry.org/2022/07/23/what-science-really-says-about-facial-recognition-accuracy-and-bias-concerns/

Your host, Firecrow Silvernight: https://comparebasic.com/team/firecrow.html