I must say I found this article very weak and way too full of stereotypes. First, the myth of the "increasingly unpredictable world". It's common, perhaps espe

I must say I found this article very weak and way too full of stereotypes. First, the myth of the "increasingly unpredictable world". It's common, perhaps especially so in tech circles, but not particularly sound when seen in the greater context of history. "A world more divided and polarised than ever" is just rot. (And talking about history: "In recent years, we have considered maths, reading, and writing as the basic building blocks for survival" - has this guy ever heard about the septem artes liberales? Even the Romans had the "three Rs" in their education!) Secondly: yes, we do still need to have factual knowledge - even in the age of Google and Wikipedia. The Internet can furnish you with just about any piece of information you desire, but information does not equate knowledge! Of course, critical thinking is indeed just that - critical - but thinking requires knowledge. Trying to think without a base of knowledge just isn't possible. As for his statement "we’re living in a world where we outsource knowledge and skills to the Internet": who put the information on the Internet in the first place? Thirdly, the importance of creativity. Yes, creativity is incredibly important. But again, creativity without skill is dead. And what does skill require? That's right, practice. Lot's of it. Before you can be truly creative, you've got to be persistent. Before schools can profitably teach creativity, they need to teach persistence and skills. And last: relationships. Well, the fact that relationships are vital is a bit of a no-brainer. They always have been. But when the author says "I don’t need to know how to [do stuff] but I do need to know the very best people who can", that's just rubbish. Because if everybody had that attitude, nobody would know how to do anything at all! You don't need to be the best, and you don't need to know how to do everything - but you sure as heck need to know how to do something! Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.