# Mindstorms by Seymour Papert

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindstorms/

7 people recommended Mindstorms by Seymour Papert in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Logo Programming”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as the detailed source for Papert's ideas about computers and learning, with the theory explained more clearly than others manage. No recurring criticism appears.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as detailed, must-read source (2 comments in the sample): "Papert's book Mindstorms covers all this in detail, and I highly recommend reading it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49379703)) "I highly recommend his book Mindstorms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660952))
- Ideas on computers in teaching (2 comments in the sample): "some work felt compelling for computer enabled teaching and learning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46546255)) "can explain the theory better than I can" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49671688))

## Other education books people recommend

- [How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-read-a-book/): 10 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize
- [Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger and McDaniel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/make-it-stick/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto](https://hackerapproved.com/p/underground-history-of-american-education/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mindstorms by Seymour Papert", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindstorms/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.