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You might be looking at it from the wrong angle. What if we're all intrinsically autodidacts and 12-16+ years of compulsory education successfully trains that q

You might be looking at it from the wrong angle. What if we're all intrinsically autodidacts and 12-16+ years of compulsory education successfully trains that quality out of most people? It's probably not a coincidence that those willing to go against the grain with respect to education seem to be disproportionately represented among the successful entrepreneurial class. This entire discussion reminds me of the "mappers" vs "packers" theory. It's a bit long winded but a good read: http://the-programmers-stone.com/the-original-talks/day-1-thinking-about-thinking/ http://the-programmers-stone.com/the-original-talks/day-1-th...

vinceguidry 12y ago
> What if we're all intrinsically autodidacts and 12-16+ years of compulsory education successfully trains that quality out of most people? It's possible that is the case. I don't think it's by any means proven. But all of the autodidacts I've ever read about, and known, myself included, managed to be able to completely ignore the effects of compulsory education and forge ahead despite active discouragement from society. Simply removing the compulsory aspects of education is, as far as I can tell, not going to be able to create this sort of resiliency, even if it improves the ability to learn. Perhaps they won't need it, I don't know.