6 Horrifying Implications of the Harry Potter Universe<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Micah Kolding,Michael Greenbrier Published: March 14th, 2012
We have a feeling that Harry Potter is never going away, in the sense that franchises like Batman and Star Wars never went away (and Star Wars never got its own amusement park). And why not? It's the perfect storm of wonder, charm and innocent, famil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Actually, you could do a really interesting class lesson with kids by making them puzzle out then think through some of these implications. Just learning about unintended consequences would be hugely valuable for most people. #ddtb Reshared post from +Les Jenkins Yeah, a couple of these occurred to me as well. 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