Mark Frauenfelder on DIY Super-Humanism, Unschooling and the Future of Print Journalism
HD Download"You know, I studied mechanical engineering in school and I ended up becoming a journalist. I can name a dozen people right now that I think are amazing people who didn't go to college," says editor of Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder.
He sat down with managing editor of Reason.com Tim Cavanaugh to talk about alternatives to public school and education in the real world.
Frauenfelder is also the editor of Make magazine, whose newest issue takes a look at do-it-yourself superhumanism, a way of modifying human capabilities through gadgets. Some of the gadgets include a device to play Guitar Hero only using the muscles in your arm and an ankle strap that directs you to where you want to go using cell phone vibraters and GPS.
Cavanaugh and Frauenfelder finally discuss the future of print journalism and why putting a magazine out in 2012 is still a good idea.
About 9:48 minutes.
Camera by Tracy Oppenheimer, Paul Detrick, and Zach Weismueller. Edited by Detrick.
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