This article makes me ask, "Whose culture are we transmitting? And, should we be? Maybe, it's time to decide (again) what #culture to pass on...a kindler, gentler one, for sure.
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Education as civilization-building - by François Chollet https://fchollet.substack.com/p/education-as-civilization-building

#education is the process through which the body of knowledge and culture that we have been accumulating for thousands of years passes from our generation to the next one.

It is the steel making up an uninterrupted chain of cultural transmission, accretion, and renewal, stretching back to the emergence of language — back when humans first became truly human. The default state of our culture, our technology, our science, our stories, is not eternal progress — it is fast decay.

Without proper education, the next generation forgets, and soon enough, cultures fall into decadence. What took thousands of years to discover may be forgotten in a few generations. #edutooter @edutooters #teaching #learning #language