Re: Education

Harvey Newstrom (harv@gate.net)
Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:29:17 -0500

David A Musick wrote:
>
> Abraham Moses Genen wrote that we need an educational system "focused on
> an understanding that society functions best when placed ahead of the
> self."
>
> Actually, we need an educational system that teaches, among the other
> things he listed, that the self benefits greatly by helping other people.

I respectfully disagree with both of you. No matter how much I may
agree with your views, they are political. You are trying to instill
religious (even if Extropian) *values*. Education should teach
knowledge and skills that can be used by the individual. Training an
individual how they should behave in society is not education. It is
programming and brainwashing.

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Harvey Newstrom  <harv@gate.net>