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What makes the the nonsense you're conjuring up, with no argument or research, more valid than that of the renowned philosophers you are trivially dismissing? D

• kiba 6y ago
  Because the education system wasn't in fact designed to produce factory workers for a regimented system.[1](http://hackeducation.com/2015/04/25/factory-model http://hackeducation.com/2015/04/25/factory-model) This is the problem with attributing purposes for which our ancestors never intended.
  • albatruss 6y ago
    Interesting link, thanks for sharing. I read it and I think there's some miscommunication going on. The author is criticizing Sal Khan and like for suggesting that there was a deliberate, cohesive factory model (designed in order to..) whereas the commenter recounting Foucault here talks about the effects of the model, not its intention (designed in a way that...) Indeed there is no mention of Foucault in that article. I read through her blog more and this is the first one I found that mentions the book in question http://hackeducation.com/2020/07/20/surveillance http://hackeducation.com/2020/07/20/surveillance (also an interesting read)
• watwut 6y ago
  Renowned philosophers tend to be good in philosophy. They are not necessary great in history, sociology or how various organizations work. They have own biases and it is also pretty easy to take their claims out of context to sound like something much stronger.
  • albatruss 6y ago
    Foucault in particular is known for his genealogical approach, though. I agree that it's very easy to misuse their claims.
• alisonkisk 6y ago
  Which philosophers? Foucault was talking about prisons, not schools.