constructionism

🏗️ Constructionism

"If you can build it, you can understand it. If you can inspect it, you can trust it."

MOOLLM K-Lines

K-Line	Why Related
play-learn-lift/	The methodology (constructionism in action)
society-of-mind/	Minsky + Papert -- MIT AI Lab collaboration
leela-ai/	Constructionism applied to manufacturing
manufacturing-intelligence/	Reading 3: "Build to understand"
room/	The microworld to explore
yaml-jazz/	Inspectable state
adventure/	Learning through narrative
skill/	Procedures → Skills (Papert's path)
schema-mechanism/	Drescher's causal learning
debugging/	Debug cycle = learning cycle
kernel/constitution-core.md	Files-as-state IS constructionist

Full Spec: SKILL.md

Overview

Seymour Papert's educational philosophy: learn by building things you can inspect and modify. MOOLLM is a microworld where the filesystem IS the learning environment.

Core Principles

Principle	Meaning
Low Floor	Easy to start, no setup
High Ceiling	Unlimited complexity
Wide Walls	Many paths to many goals

The Debug Cycle

Try → Inspect → Hypothesize → Modify → Understand

Microworld Mapping

Logo	MOOLLM
Turtle	Character
Canvas	Room
Procedures	Skills
Variables	YAML

Cheating is Learning

Open character.yml directly, add magic_sword to inventory — you've learned YAML!

The system rewards curiosity with knowledge.

Tools Required

None — this describes a philosophy, not a tool-using pattern.

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See SKILL.md for complete specification.