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That's right. Education should be universalized, not standardized. The commodification of education will eventually make it useless. Universal, bespoke educati
by kelseyfrog 2y ago
That's right. Education should be universalized, not standardized.
The commodification of education will eventually make it useless. Universal, bespoke education is the ideal, but it's usually prohibitively expensive.
- bluGill 2y agoI strongly disagree. Commodification of education is very important. I want everyone to have the commodity reading writing arithmetic education. It might be faster for the student to give one on one teaching, but everyone needs this and I want it such a commodity that we give it to even the poorest "third world" kids who have nothing. As you get beyond those basics you have to become an expert in something that there are few experts in. McDonald's success is mostly based on their ability to take you from zero to a productive crew member fast. It takes many years to make a brain surgeon, in large part because we haven't commodified it - if we needed more we should (but since the world doesn't really need many it isn't worth it)
- kelseyfrog 2y agoCommodification denies a universal pedagogy. We've known this since the 1970s. If you want a system that appeals to a plurality, and leaves the rest behind, commodification will deliver just that.