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.
Agreed! I think it's going to take a mix of approaches. We still need to communicate the value of reading while also embracing the new tools and ways of thinking with them.
Thank you for sharing that piece — it makes sense that the high school teachers (1) wasn’t named and (2) was done “dirty.” You’re 100% percent about cherry-picking quotes!
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.
Agreed! I think it's going to take a mix of approaches. We still need to communicate the value of reading while also embracing the new tools and ways of thinking with them.
I found this article poorly argued and wrote about it!
https://articleclub.substack.com/p/465-a-viral-article-i-disliked
Ooo this was great! Ya, seems like it's the kind of piece where the author had a thesis and cherry-picked quotes to support it... I thought this critique was also spot-on: https://cmsthomas.substack.com/p/the-atlantic-did-me-dirty
Thank you for sharing that piece — it makes sense that the high school teachers (1) wasn’t named and (2) was done “dirty.” You’re 100% percent about cherry-picking quotes!