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CHAPTER FIVE - APPLICATIONGiven the assumption of this thesis that our ability to predict in the long term in any meaningful educational sense is hopeless, and our ability to predict in the short term is highly constricted, and given the fact that the pace of change is already high and accelerating relentlessly, what should an educational system do and be? Can there be any practical application of this seemingly dismal and gloomy knowledge? To the contrary, I have never felt more positive about the future of the human race. The answer that has emerged thrives on the chaos and connectedness of the nonlinearity inherent in human diversity. The answer provides hope, not guarantees. It requires considerable change in our educational systems, but it does not require erasing them and starting over. The answer brings together on an hourly basis our classrooms and our government, business, religious/ethical and home communities. The answer further raises the relevance and importance of education. The groundwork for making the answer fully functional in our classrooms and communities is already under rapid development across the globe.But a linear answer to a nonlinear problem would be inappropriate. To merely read the answer is to miss the depth of the answer. To understand the answer requires participation. To participate, you will need to continue this journey. Please join us in the
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