Synthesis Co-Founder: Screens Are Underrated for Education Compared to Paper
Chrisman Frank · Chrisman Frank on AI Tutors, the Path to Learning, and Struggles with the Modern School System. · Mar 13, 2025 · at 13:52
Chrisman Frank, co-founder of AI education platform Synthesis, discusses educational hardware with hosts Jordi Hays and John Coogan.
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“I think like for learning screens are like extraordinarily powerful. Like you can simulate almost anything on a screen and yeah, that's like underrated. You know, I think people like don't realize how Amazing that is. There's a lot of Luddites and who are like, you know, there's just something about learning on paper, like reading a book on paper. And like, I just don't agree with any of that at all.”
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