What computer pioneer's research and work was based on the idea that youngsters will invest more time, energy, and meaning in knowledge they themselves create?

He is Seymour Papert. Papert took a shot at learning speculations and was known for concentrating on the effect of new innovations on learning all in all, and in schools as learning associations specifically. 
He was a main figure in the progressive communist hover around Socialist Review while living in London in the 1950s. Papert was likewise a conspicuous extremist against South African politically-sanctioned racial segregation arrangements amid his college training.

The new age business ventures are more idea centric and not product based.

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