You’re forgetting another possible resource: letting youngsters work.
A century ago, a 15 year old person was ready to work, marry and become a useful citizen. In Western countries today, he or she is supposed to study for another decade before they can enter the labour market. Their energy, vitality and good ideas are wasted inside astonishingly old fashioned educational institutions. They learn to memorize details that can easily be found by the search engine of their phone, and to fake knowledge by presenting essays written by AI. What if they learned a trade while working, as they did in previous centuries?
This is an interesting avenue to explore. I agree that the education system is largely obsolete (I wrote a book about it, and left school myself at 18 to create my first business).
However, we also have to consider AI and robotics, which are coming and will disrupt many industries.
Perhaps AI will accelerate learning and enable young people to get an earlier start in working life? Maybe, on the contrary, it will take them longer to acquire the skills they need to be useful in a largely automated society? Maybe all these considerations are pointless, because most of the work will be done by machines?
You’re forgetting another possible resource: letting youngsters work.
A century ago, a 15 year old person was ready to work, marry and become a useful citizen. In Western countries today, he or she is supposed to study for another decade before they can enter the labour market. Their energy, vitality and good ideas are wasted inside astonishingly old fashioned educational institutions. They learn to memorize details that can easily be found by the search engine of their phone, and to fake knowledge by presenting essays written by AI. What if they learned a trade while working, as they did in previous centuries?
This is an interesting avenue to explore. I agree that the education system is largely obsolete (I wrote a book about it, and left school myself at 18 to create my first business).
However, we also have to consider AI and robotics, which are coming and will disrupt many industries.
Perhaps AI will accelerate learning and enable young people to get an earlier start in working life? Maybe, on the contrary, it will take them longer to acquire the skills they need to be useful in a largely automated society? Maybe all these considerations are pointless, because most of the work will be done by machines?