EFTA Document EFTA01860701

To: Jeffrey EpsteinBeeyacalion©gmail.com] From: Marc Hauser Sent: Tue 7/26/2011 11:47:36 AM Subject: Re: follow up m On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: > call at 8 give me anumber > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Marc Hauser >> jeffrey » the stuff i am developing has the potential to go to charters as well. >> i want to develop software the can do online learning in a very >> elegant way. Am attaching a sketch of the model. I agree about the >> mess in education, and many ideas to develop. But need a base to >> create, and the resources to do it. >> » the criminal angle is simply one hook to get some funding. but the >> more important point is that issues of self-control are predictive of >> academic achievement! low income kids have lower self-control and poor >> academics. there are powerful techniques to improve self-control, but >> they have yet to be elegantly developed and applied in the public » domain. » how do you propose we move forward? if you donate the funds to the >> Center that is linked to the Penikese School, I can use to develop >> these tools and then shop them to all sorts of educational arenas. Teh >> brain plasticity issue is red hot. Most are focused on working memory >> because of the application to alzheimer's. No one has really caught on >> yet to the self-control part, but it is ripe for developing >> applications. I just need the resources to bring the relevant players >> on board and make this happen. >> thoughts? >> » marc >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> » wrote: >> > I think your better place and future is with all the money now wasted on • > charter schools.. you can posit that individivalss have different >» learning >> > methods. these methods MUST be front and center , so one is not >> > attempting >> > to insert Apple software in to Pc hardware. tough example, I belive >» afro >> > american learn kinestically, . if you let them jump around the class. >» they >» will do better.. the first thing we do is tell them to sit in one place >» and >> > listen.. you can deal with the gender differnces in math learning. >» STAY >> > away from criminal work. It will be bad for you. I cannot do that as a > test... no amount is carved out by definition , you but it is totally up to EFTA_R1_00260665 EFTA01860701 >» tonegotiate terms and condititions. • > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Marc Hauser >» wrote: >> » dear jeffrey • » thanks for thinking about how to help. i am considering two >> >> non-profits, one the school that i mentioned where there is a >> >> possibility of creating a center for cognitive enhancement and brain >> >> plasticity. here is the link to their donation site: >> » http://www.penikese.Org/donate/ways-to-give/ >> >> would this work? >> • » here are a few questions: >> >> 1. could you do 75k or 100k? with this amount, we could really develop >> >> the tools to have a suite of tasks targeting specific aspects of brain >> » plasticity and enhancement, with elegant interfaces. >> >> 2. would you set up the so-to-speak constraints, that the funds be • » targeted specifically for the work i wish to do, or would this come • » from me? • » 3. do you imagine carving off some amount of the contribution to the >> >> place itself so that they feel as if they are getting something as • » well? of course, they are getting something potentially big with the >> >> program i am bringing, but .... >> >> i am meeting with the other organization this friday and will have a >> >> better sense then. >> • » here is the basic idea, insight, and approach. >> >> Brain plasticity, self-control, and the reduction of career criminals >> • » 1. career criminals cost society $1-2 million dollars each. >> >> 2. career criminals reveal signature of self-control problem: >> » repeated offenses despite punishments, interventions, etc. >> >> Self-control problems are the single best predictor of career >> >> criminals >> >> 3. capacity for self-control matures over development; youths have • » best shot of change due to neural plasticity >> >> 4. if we can prevent youth crimes or arrest recidivism, massive >> >> savings; this is an international problem, so there is opportunity for • » work abroad as well. >> >> 5. early assessments of self-control are highly predictive of future • » delinquency >> >> 6, self-control as an exhaustible short term resource... like fast >> >> twitch muscles >> » 7. self-control like long term slow muscle for strength and support • » and can be strengthened >> >> 8. we have powerfully reliable and predictive assessment tools for • » self-control • » 9. we have a rich set of tasks that can improve self-control, >> >> specifically targeting brain plasticity and mechanisms for inhibitory • » regulation. >> » Put 1-9 together and we have a model for both early prevention of • » crimes as well as for reducing recidivism. >> >> Goal: to develop more sophisticated, computer-based tools to assess EFTA_R1_00260666 EFTA01860702 >> » and intervene on self-control and reduce crime, especially the number » of career criminals that cost society millions of dollars. » best, >> marc > > >» The information contained in this communication is >» confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> > constitute inside information, and is intended only for >> > the use of the addressee. 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