> That's pretty elitist. Perhaps the parent post sounded harsh but there's nothing elitist in acknowledging that billions of people lack access to good educati

> That's pretty elitist. Perhaps the parent post sounded harsh but there's nothing elitist in acknowledging that billions of people lack access to good education (and food, water, etc). It's not their fault and nothing shameful. > And a lot of people confuse "disagreeing with me/having different foundational truths" with "being wrong" no matter how much Foucault they've read. HN is known to be an echo chamber, and also no amount of education is a silver bullet. But learning critical thinking (including reading Foucault) does wonders. Unfortunately a lot of "formal education", especially around STEM, is focusing more and more around the "how" and less about the "why".