The modern world wasn't built on geniuses with no education. Even if 90% of people don't benefit, 10% do, invent new stuff, and the 90% benefit from that. Also

The modern world wasn't built on geniuses with no education. Even if 90% of people don't benefit, 10% do, invent new stuff, and the 90% benefit from that. Also you have to factor in competition, if you don't educate your population another country will and leave you with the low paying jobs. We should be educating people their entire lives, 1 day a week at school to learn things that were invented after you left school.