I like this, and I think you hit the nail on the head with the price of education. An expert curation of thought techniques and their traditions that aims to d

I like this, and I think you hit the nail on the head with the price of education. An expert curation of thought techniques and their traditions that aims to develop a critical insight into a discipline (and into reality in general) in a crucial social setting is not really attainable anywhere else. Noam Chomsky noticed this in his famous essay "The Function of a University..." Obviously critical thinking is not a requirement for a government job, and maybe even a detriment?