I’ve been trying to get my daughter more interested in reading.

Here are all the exercises I can think of that get her engaged with a book:

• She touches the words and I read what she touches
• She’ll try and sound out words and I’ll be there as a resource

I’m still struggling to absorb everything from Soshana Zuboff’s The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism

My summary would be:

Capitalism is transitioning from providing value to customers by trading money for goods and services to trading surveillance for good and services. Because of the general public’s ignorance of the now always-connected reporting mechanisms facilitated by a global network, they are unaware of the bargains they agree to when using a service.

Thesis: Is there a case to be made for React setting props and state earlier in the component lifecycle?

Do you have this boilerplate in your React class?

var Thing = React.createClass({
  ...
  componentDidMount() {
    this.loadUserPosts(this.props);
  },

  // Detect and react to changes in the userID prop
  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
    if (this.props.userID !== nextProps.userID) {
      this.loadUserPosts(nextProps);
    }
  },

  // Loads all posts for the current user
  loadUserPosts: function(props) {
    ... load all posts for props.userID
  }
  ...
});

If so, you are not the only one.

My daughter started piano lessons and I was struck by how the teacher began each lesson by taking a moment where they both bow to each other. When the lesson is over, and before we leave the room, they bow again.

I’m struck by how it creates a space...

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