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I’m not actually sure that “education” writ large is useful for helping people understand the fact that the world is complex and can’t be divided into simple go
by keiferski 3y ago
I’m not actually sure that “education” writ large is useful for helping people understand the fact that the world is complex and can’t be divided into simple good-bad dimensions.
A number of other things that aren’t traditionally considered to be education would have a better effect, I think. Things like living abroad, making friends of different social classes, reading books by people that you strongly disagree with.
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoI take it our definitions of "education" are different. I do not refer to academic education. Everything you expressed are forms of "education", and the core tenet is putting aside your beliefs and attempting to understand a different point of view. This, by construction, requires humility because it implies that the person has something to teach you. This identical to pure-land view [1], where every person you meet in one way or the other is a small Buddha[1], enlightened with something you can learn, if you only set aside your existing beliefs and listen. [1] https://vividness.live/pure-land https://vividness.live/pure-land
- keiferski 3y agoYes I primarily meant academic education which is (I think) what the OP had in mind. Not “life education” or “experiential education.” I could be wrong, but it’s my impression that most people use the term education to refer to academic education, not life-experience-as-education.