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I love this list. And ... yes. Everyone should. I mean a high school education the the Western world is basically a masterclass in polymath for the bronze age
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
I love this list. And ... yes. Everyone should. I mean a high school education the the Western world is basically a masterclass in polymath for the bronze age. And a PhD in physics is beyond anything dreamt of by the scholars of Byzantium.
We humans have set a very high bar. And every discovery in science makes the bar higher, but all of us should know where the bar is, because all of us are needed to vote on steering this ship. Informed voter is not about reading some manifesto. It's informed about the world and the economy and how it all fits together.
Flat earthers are trying to opt out of being informed so they dont have to have the responsibility of deciding.
- darkerside 5y agoYour opinion on which of these constitute the bar is exactly that
- lifeisstillgood 5y agoI think you mean it's just my opinion. Ok - but do we agree that there is a bar for what is "average" set of skills for participating in humanity - and that that bar is changed (harder to achieve / needs longer educational investment) than say the bronze age?
- darkerside 5y agoNo, I don't agree there is an average bar. Everyone's opinion of that bar will be different, and nobody has a monopoly on deciding what anyone else's bar _must_ be. In parts of America, operating a chainsaw at 10 years old is part of the bar. My bar does not include riding a horse, operating a tractor, or firing an automatic weapon. But there are places where those are simple life skills. I guess you're right that there is some kind of blended average you could take of every bar in the world. It would probably include basic math and communication skills.