https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/ Recent content in The Formation on The Approximate Mind Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US © 2026 Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-forming/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-forming/ <h3 class="relative group">What If Formation Never Stops? <div id="what-if-formation-never-stops" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-if-formation-never-stops" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>Iris is thirty and she is talking to something that has known her for twenty years.</p> https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-several-educations/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-several-educations/ <h3 class="relative group">What If the School Held More Than One Idea of Learning? <div id="what-if-the-school-held-more-than-one-idea-of-learning" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-if-the-school-held-more-than-one-idea-of-learning" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>Zara and Leo are twenty-eight now. They have both been asked, separately, by the same program that paired them at seventeen, to come back and help design the next version.</p> https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-fracture/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-fracture/ <h3 class="relative group">What Happens When the School Stops Being One Thing? <div id="what-happens-when-the-school-stops-being-one-thing" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-happens-when-the-school-stops-being-one-thing" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>There is a building in Helena, Montana, that used to be a middle school. It was built in 1987 with cinder block walls and fluorescent lighting and a gymnasium that doubled as a cafeteria. Every child in the district attended it between the ages of eleven and fourteen. The custodian knew their names. The principal stood at the door. The building smelled like floor wax and microwaved lunches, and every adult in town could describe it because they had all been inside it.</p> https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-last-formation/ Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://approximatemind.com/reimagined/the-formation/the-last-formation/ <h3 class="relative group">What If the Companion Remembers What You Forget? <div id="what-if-the-companion-remembers-what-you-forget" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-if-the-companion-remembers-what-you-forget" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h3> <p>Iris is seventy-two and she is not who she was.</p>