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Emma Cochrane's avatar

Interesting article, sparked some reflection on what education is for. I think we're in an era, as the author noted, where higher education is tied to career prospects. If it's not a marketable skill, why spend valuable energy developing it? Why read a whole book when AI can read the book for you and give you the key takeaways?

In the possible future world where we've handed off more of our jobs to AI/technology, perhaps education will shift again - why learn technical skills when a robot can do it faster? We'll see a shift back to a curriculum that focuses on deep thinking and trying to understand the human condition.

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Mark Isero's avatar

I found this article poorly argued and wrote about it!

https://articleclub.substack.com/p/465-a-viral-article-i-disliked

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