Rebecca Goldstein Quote

Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our species, and this trust confers survival value. But it also makes children vulnerable to being tricked and adults who exploit this vulnerability should be deeply ashamed.


Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away (ed. Atlantic Books Ltd, 2014) - ISBN: 9781782395584


Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our ...

Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our ...

Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our ...

Children, who have so much to learn in so short a time, had involved the tendency to trust adults to instruct them in the collective knowledge of our ...