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School Is Not Enough
Who could blame young adults for thinking that work is fake and meaningless if we prescribe fake and meaningless work for the first two decades of their existence? By confining meaningful work to an adult-only activity, it is little wonder that adolescence is a period of great depression. It would be surprising if it was not. Even for smart childre... See more
Simon Sarris • The Most Precious Resource is Agency
Although thought experiments don’t come naturally to most adults, we mastered them as children. Before the world stuffed us with facts, memos, and right answers, we were moved by genuine curiosity. We stared at the world, wrapped in awe, and took nothing for granted. We were blissfully unaware of social rules and viewed the world as our very own th
... See moreOzan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Thus, this all begs the question, do modern schools actually build knowledge and capacity for all, or do they just reinforce old ideas of how industrial needs are met with a workforce? If schools are, at their fundamental level, designed to create the workers of the future, why are we still teaching siloed skills of the industrial age, when we have... See more
Leyla Acaroglu • System Failures: The Education System and the Proliferation of Reductive Thinking
