The document discusses different people's ability to learn and remember information. Tom easily learns the names and locations of capital cities due to his world travels, while Peter knows little about geography having never traveled. Harry is bored by the topic and resents being quizzed on information he finds pointless to learn.

10. THE BOOK OF LEARNING AND FORGETTING
-FRANK SMITH

11. “If a choice were arbitrarily made, such as learning
the name of the capital city of a country, how
could any two people be compared?
Tom has visited many of the world’s capital cities
and learns the name and location of new ones the
moment he hears about them.

12. Peter has never traveled and scarcely knows that
different countries exist, let alone what
constitutes a capital city.
Harry is simply bored by it all and resents having
to answer pointless questions.”
-Frank Smith

23. PAPERT’S THREE PHASES OF LEARNING