What did I learn about learning in 2007?

Response to Learning Circuits' Big Question for December

Nothing new...

A bit of tabula rasa—some inherited genes—people and environment—history, social structure and change—memory and neural pathways—apprehensions and compulsions—competition—freedom and responsibility—experiments with failure—hunger and lust—pursuit of pleasure—fear of deprivation, accidents, illness, old age and death—pride and insecurity—inequality—knowledge and power—fact and observation—hypotheses and research—thought—the prison house of language—