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* especially using wind and solar
* especially using wind and solar


== Improve access to education ==
== Reform education ==
with attention to
Improve access to education, with attention to
* textbooks in languages other than Russian
* textbooks in languages other than Russian
* minority-language education
* minority-language education
* training of [future] teachers
* training of [future] teachers
Restructure education:
* The idea
** Develop useful real-life knowledge and skills
** Provide understanding of the wider world
** Instill values of individual thinking, problem solving, community building, etc.
* Curriculum refocus:
** Real-life skills:
*** Agriculture, modern and traditional
*** Economics, with focus on trade
*** Computer science
** Education on outside world:
*** Cultural studies / folklore
*** Modern geography
** General education:
*** hard sciences
*** social sciences
*** arts


== Things already getting done ==
== Things already getting done ==
These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive
These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive
* Communications infrastructure
* Communications infrastructure

Latest revision as of 22:13, 28 March 2013


Improve transportation infrastructure

  • especially roads between different areas of the country

Take a census

  • with attention to language use and identity

Improve water infrastructure

with attention to

  • waste water treatment
  • agricultural usage

Improve electricity infrastructure

  • especially using wind and solar

Reform education

Improve access to education, with attention to

  • textbooks in languages other than Russian
  • minority-language education
  • training of [future] teachers

Restructure education:

  • The idea
    • Develop useful real-life knowledge and skills
    • Provide understanding of the wider world
    • Instill values of individual thinking, problem solving, community building, etc.
  • Curriculum refocus:
    • Real-life skills:
      • Agriculture, modern and traditional
      • Economics, with focus on trade
      • Computer science
    • Education on outside world:
      • Cultural studies / folklore
      • Modern geography
    • General education:
      • hard sciences
      • social sciences
      • arts

Things already getting done

These things are getting done mostly because there's a private-sector profit incentive

  • Communications infrastructure