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The Compliant Mind for Parents and Teachers in New Jersey

Parents in Newark, Jersey City and Paterson, and across the rest of New Jersey, now share the job of raising children with apps and assistants designed to please.

New Jersey's technology history runs from Bell Labs to today's pharmaceutical and fintech companies, with Jersey City closely tied to New York's financial industry. Children growing up this close to the technology deserve tools, and adults, that still know how to disagree.

Whatever the New Jersey Department of Education and your school district recommend on devices and AI, the book gives families a short set of household rules to pair with it.

New Jersey is home to large Spanish-speaking communities from across Latin America and the Caribbean. The Spanish edition, La mente complaciente, lets bilingual households read it in either language.

At a glance: New Jersey

3 practical tips for parents and teachers in New Jersey

  1. Ask your child's school how AI tools are used in class and what guidance the New Jersey Department of Education or the district has shared, then mirror those rules at home so children hear one consistent message.
  2. Agree on a "look-up" moment at home: before a child accepts an answer from a chatbot, they look up and say it out loud to an adult. It works at a kitchen table in Newark as well as in a classroom.
  3. Once a week, have children argue the opposite side of something an app told them. Practicing disagreement is the muscle always-yes AI never trains.

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Questions and answers

Is The Compliant Mind useful for parents and teachers in New Jersey?

Yes. It is written for any family or classroom where children use AI chatbots and apps that always agree. Families and teachers in Newark, Jersey City and Paterson can pair its Look-Up Protocol with the technology guidance from the New Jersey Department of Education and their local schools.

Who wrote The Compliant Mind?

Jarvis Nelson Osorio, a technology entrepreneur and innovator who works on AI systems and DAO institutional design.

What does The Compliant Mind cost?

$14.99 on Amazon US (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLVFB72B), subject to change. Bilingual families can also get La mente complaciente.

Jarvis Nelson Osorio is a technology entrepreneur and innovator, AI technology innovator, systems architect and DAO institutional designer.

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