The GP talked about being educated, not being pleasant or productive. Everyone needs to learn calculus because it opens up a gate into a form of beauty that no

The GP talked about being educated, not being pleasant or productive. Everyone needs to learn calculus because it opens up a gate into a form of beauty that no amount of work can ever satisfy. The idea that people only need to learn what they need to live their external lives, those of work and interpersonal relations, is just wrong. You need to learn calculus as part of your own internal life.