"Giving up" is not a good summary of what Illich proposes. In fact, it can be argued that what we are doing right now is giving up on education. Education != Sc

"Giving up" is not a good summary of what Illich proposes. In fact, it can be argued that what we are doing right now is giving up on education. Education != Schooling. Education is a life-long process. Everybody loves to learn and loves education. This is true even for the "dumbest" most anti-intellectual people you know, you are just looking at learning and education through a very narrow lens. You don't need to force people to learn. Not everybody loves to be forced to be sitting in a school classroom for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. And not everybody want to memorize state capitals.