Some Thoughts on Education:
Rainn Wilson: The Family Virtues Guide by Linda Kavelin Popov
Naval Ravikant: (#136 Tim Ferriss show – 0:13)
Seth Godin: (#138 Tim Ferriss show – 1:35)
Stephen Dubner: (#199 Tim Ferriss show – 52:00)
Susan Garrett (Dog Training): (#200 Tim Ferriss show)
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From Freedom Manifesto: (Tom Hodgkinson)
“…there is not only one path through life, the path of job-debt-suffering. That may be the path presented to us by our schools and our media, but there are a million alternatives our there, each one more fun than the one set out for us and each one based on helping and sharing rather than competing.”
“LIke many of the problems [in this book], fear is actually rather convienent to the smooth functioning of an orderly dociety. A docile popultion which is terrified of the authorieies…will more likely depend on objects and institutions to give them guidance, solidity, security and a sense of meaninag. If you are fearful, then you are … very likely to work hard and spend hard. Fear keeps us observing life rather than living it….Fear is a tool of control. It is fear of punishment that will keep a classroom quiet and make the teacher’s job easier; it is fear of the sack thaat will keep the grumbling workers quiet. Fear is also an efficient controlling device. It alsohelps us to fulfil our roles as consuymers. It is fear of life itself that keeps us spending…”
“One source of fear is certainly the education system. ”
“Little children are fearless, imperious anarchists, and the education system works and works on them over a period of fifteen years to instil docility so that they won’t complain too much when they end up with a boring job.”
“[We are “educated” to be able to consume, type our passwords and credit card numbers into machines and websites] but not how to grab bold of life, to live it joyfully and fearlessly.”