Title: US Founding Fathers (George
Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison, etc.)
Date: Late 1770s
Nationality: American
Medium: Human beings
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The American
Revolution spurred by these founding fathers changed some fundamental things in
society, but it did not live up to every ideal and solve every problem. For
example, there was still slavery and women had no suffrage. However, through
the Constitution they set up a system that could eventually deal with many
different problems of society one at a time (such as slavery, civil rights,
equality, women’s rights, etc.). In contrast, the French Revolution tried to
deal with all of these issues at once and their revolution struggled. Thus
these founding fathers show us that learning is a process that takes place over
time. This artifact illustrates the next part of my definition of
learning—learning and expanding is a process.
I would want my civilization to understand this so they can have a better
grasp of what learning looks like. Learning is not necessarily a few big hops
to perfection, but instead it is steady, small, consistent steps over time.
This means that people in a civilization should be diligent and patient as they
grow and expand a little at a time. In addition, the US constitution is an
example of a system that allows this type of learning to happen. My
civilization should be based on a system that allows consistent learning over
time, or else rash “leaps” of learning could destroy us.
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