Tempted to start putting anti-authoritarian books in those little "leave a book, take a book" stands they have...
I wonder if there are any good books about the Prussian school system...
@cjd what's the deal with Prussian education system?
Is it basically "specialization is for ants, humans are not ants" or is there more to it?
@wolf480pl
More or less, but the way that they're particularly harmful today is that they teach you to be an obedient employee but prevent the kind of thinking necessary to be an entrepreneur or have your own political opinions.
@cjd I'd imagine it'd be in Prussia's interest to create such a system but I don't see how they've been achieving it. Though I guess explaining it would take a book...
@wolf480pl
It's not bad, it doesn't go into that much depth but it introduces the topic.
https://gbt.org/text/sayers.html
Great old essay on the Trivium, based on how the ancients used to do it
very much "anti-Prussian" education before Prussian education was a thing.
@skells @cjd
This reminded me of the type of debates we had on breaks when I was still studying physics at uni. We'd apply similar formalisms and mathematical rigor we used during classes to all kinds of subjects, from sci-fi to politics.