Merge pull request #647 from kernel-community/r2d

Vivek takes the wheel

content/en/learn/module-0/index.mdx

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 title: Introduction to Kernel
 order: 0
-description: An overview of the Kernel Learn Track, which will teach you to think about and build a better web.
+description: An overview of the Kernel Book, which will teach you to think about and build a better web.
 featuredImage: images/shares/play-of-pattern.png
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 # 🌠 Module 0 - An Introduction to Kernel
 
-Kernel is an 8 week program, and we'll be covering a new learning module each week. 
+Kernel is supported by this 8 module digital book intended to teach you to think about and build a better web. 
+
 Each module is made up of two sections: **Crafted Reading**, which we encourage you to 
 have read before the beginning of each new week; and **Curated Briefs** which are made up of 
 articles, videos, and the occasional podcast that we _highly recommend_ you go over before the 
-Fireside Chat each week.
+Fireside Chat each Thursday.
 
-The Learn Track aims to provide a more holistic framing of what Web 3 is — its principles, 
+The book aims to provide a more holistic framing of what Web3 is — its principles, 
 history, and present state. We know that different people learn differently, hence the mix of 
 text, video and audio. The "Crafted Readings" have emojis next to them in the menu and you will need 
 to read both pieces to participate fully in each week's activities. 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ The curated briefs are much more paradoxical documents in that they tend to be q
 
 Each brief begins with a few scene-setting sentences and then a section called “How Does This Fit Into Kernel?”, meant to describe succinctly why this particular piece has been included in our work and what role it plays in the larger learning arc we present. The source material for each brief is embedded directly into the top of each page so that you can explore it in more detail if the brief itself resonates with you, and because we understand that many people do not learn best by parsing long walls of text. 
 
-We have been very careful in curating these pieces of content and not others because 
+We have been very careful in curating these pieces of content and not others because: 
 
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content/en/learn/module-0/trust.mdx

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 title: ✍️ Trust
 order: 2
-description: The meanings of words are arrived at without trusting intermediaries. Blockchains instantiate this same phenomenon for any programmable transaction. We all know what 'love' signifies, but it takes real relationship to experience its deeper meaning. Exploring these kind of new 'trust spaces' is what Kernel is all about.
+description: The meanings of words are arrived at without trusting intermediaries. Blockchains instantiate this same phenomenon for any programmable transaction. We all know what 'love' signifies, but it takes real relationship to experience its deeper meaning. Kernel is all about exploring these new kind of 'trust spaces'.
 featuredImage: images/shares/trust.png
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mode of thought to identify patterns of meaning. We can build protocols with str
 guarantees by defining clearly, **and encoding**, what it means to lie. To understand trust, 
 you must know the details of all possible deceptions.
 
-These [clearly defined and encoded rules](https://github.com/jimmysong/programmingbitcoin/blob/master/ch07.asciidoc) **do not** mean we need no longer trust at all. It means that 
+These [clearly defined and encoded rules](https://github.com/jimmysong/programmingbitcoin/blob/master/ch07.asciidoc) **do not** mean we need no longer trust at all. It means that: 
 
 > 💡 there is an *implicit shift* from trusting those who own the media by which we transfer 
 value, to those with whom we are actually transacting.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The saying holds this _double entendre_ which implies both that using numbers an
 consensus gives us the strength to lay down what Andreas Antonopoulos will later call 
 'unassailable facts', while also pointing at that which gives power and meaning to any narrative: 
 the community which believes it. The more succinctly we can express shared truths, the easier 
-it becomes to verify (and therefore trust) the systems we use. This implies that
+it becomes to verify (and therefore trust) the systems we use. This implies that:
 
 > 💡 Trust has something to do with truth. 
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ We **are** each others' environment.
 
 Any word is understood by virtue of _shared experience_. When you and I have both seen someone wearing an object on their head shading them from the sun, we can talk meaningfully with each other by using the word 'hat'. This is clear enough for words like 'hat' or 'cat' or 'sat'. However, what about words like 'trust'? How can we cultivate trust in our environments when we are each others' environment? If you try to force or manipulate others to trust you (just as if you try to force others to love you), this generally results in greater suspicion.
 
-One beautiful perspective on this question has been contributed by Joan. Trust is cultivated between us when we together [pay attention to what is evident](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVzykB35Ac), and it blossoms when we can
+One beautiful perspective on this question has been contributed by Joan. Trust is cultivated between us when we together [pay attention to what is evident](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVzykB35Ac), and it blossoms when we can:
 
 > "**Welcome opposition**. Quantum thinking must be learned through practice, and disagreement can be an extremely valuable source of energy needed for learning and growth. The real learning is not engraved in a curriculum, waiting for the student to memorize it; the real learning is the transformational processes taking place inside the person who uncompromisingly pulls the curriculum apart, chews the pieces, spits out the bits that are not to their (current) taste, and digests the rest into a growing understanding of the world, which can only ever be highly subjective. Children know how to do this; it is adults who lead them astray by demanding that children ‘trust’ everything that is fed to them. It would be better to teach kids to trust their own process and the people who welcome their questions and opposition.
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ This is a really wonderful, interactive web game designed to teach you everythin
 
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-*We aim for Kernel to be a high trust, give first community among highly talented, like-minded peers. Some of the key learnings from the game define how we think about the program, as well as the Web 3 space more generally.*
+*We aim for Kernel to be a high trust, give first environment among highly talented, like-minded peers. Some of the key learnings from the game define how we think about the program, as well as the crypto space more generally.*
 
 [![Trust 1](/images/mod0-img/trust1.png)](https://youtu.be/5H164LqEwiA?t=2711)
 

content/en/learn/module-3/intention.mdx

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Encode our intentions.
 
 ![Evolution](/images/mod3-img/evolution.png)
 
-Having played at least one of Nicky's games, it's time to consult some of his deeper thoughts on how to change the world.
+Having played at least one of Nicky's games, it's time to consult some of their deeper thoughts on how to change the world.
 
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content/en/start/index.mdx

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 # 🌱 Welcome To Kernel
 
-Kernel is a peer-to-peer learning community dedicated to the journey towards a better understanding of truth: in our work, in our relationships with others, and in our inner worlds. 
+Kernel is a peer-to-peer learning environment dedicated to the journey towards a better understanding of truth: in our work, in our relationships with others, and in our inner worlds. 
 
-> 💡 Find the others, have fun, learn freely, and get funding. 
+> 💡 Learn freely, work on your craft, have fun, find the others. 
 
 Our question is: **how can we build a better web for the people we care about**? 
 
 And one possible question for you is: **how can I participate in a way that honours my gifts, and who I really am?** 
 
-Our answer is: seed an educational community where people **come to trust**, through first-hand experience, that we can learn together how to create with care. 
+Our answer is: seed an educational environment where people **come to trust**, through first-hand experience, that we can learn together how to create with care. 
 
 ## What is Kernel, though?
 
-Kernel is eight weeks of conversation in a "block" of 250 brilliant people intended to connect creativity with care. We aim to change the way we think of contributing and the kinds of projects to which we contribute. Kernel is about humility, honesty, gratitude, and intentional service.
+Kernel is nine weeks of conversation in a "block" of ~150-300 people intended to connect creativity with care. We aim to change the way we think of contributing and the kinds of projects to which we contribute. Kernel is about humility, honesty, gratitude, and intentional service.
 
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