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School has become the planned process which tools man for a planned world, the principal tool to trap man in man’s trap.
Ivan Illich • Deschooling Society (Open Forum S)

Je poserai cette question : si par hasard il naissait aujourd'hui quelques gens tout neufs, ni accoutumés à la sujétion, ni affriandés à la liberté, ignorant jusqu'au nom de l'une et de l'autre, et qu'on leur proposât d'être sujets ou de vivre libres, quel serait leur choix ? Sans aucun doute, ils préféreraient de beaucoup obéir à la seule raison q
... See moreEtienne (de) La Boétie • Discours de la servitude volontaire (La Petite Collection t. 76) (French Edition)
I believe that no more than four—possibly even three—distinct “channels” or learning exchanges could contain all the resources needed for real learning. The child grows up in a world of things, surrounded by people who serve as models for skills and values. He finds peers who challenge him to argue, to compete, to cooperate, and to understand; and
... See moreIvan Illich • Deschooling Society (Open Forum S)
He says that predetermined tracks are bunk and that you’ve got to chop through the weeds to make your own path. Tierney is an avid learner and a true student of his own life. He continually feeds his curiosity by observing people and the world around him.
Stewart Friedman • Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life
directed learning.
Ivan Illich • Deschooling Society (Open Forum S)
Soon the world will be returned to the healthy intelligences, the collective ones. Colonies and hives.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
he first figuratively and then literally set out to “play God,” initially by making the claim that humans had the power of gods and then during the past decade by creating an organization to save and restore endangered species with modern biotechnology.