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We have lots of evidence that putting investments in early childhood education, even evidence from very hard-nosed economists, is one of the very best investments that the society can possibly make. And yet we still don't have public support for things like preschools.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: society, childhood, best, education

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What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: answer, reach, children, good
Imaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help children understand the other people around them and imagine all the many ways that people could be.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: research, children, childhood, people
One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: most, human, long, childhood
The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: exponential, same, radio, improvement
Texts and e-mails travel no faster than phone calls and telegrams, and their content isn't necessarily richer or poorer.
— Alison Gopnik
Tags: content, than, phone, travel
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