Here is a recently discovered recording of a provocative late career keynote address by Dr. Seymour Papert delivered at the (March) 2004 RIMA ICEM Conference in Quebec City, Canada. Papert spoke of “learning environmentalism” and shared the “Land of Suet” parable that many of us heard several times, but is barely documented until this recording. There is a Q&A after Papert’s remarks.

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