> [!Deep Summary] > ### [[<Deep Summary> Dumbing Us Down]] ![[Dumbing Us Down.png|200]] --- ## My Atomic Notes ### The Reality [[True education is a priviledge]] [[Mass schooling damages children]] [[The hidden curriculum that school really teaches]] --> the true aim -- [[Compulsory-government-monopoly-mass-schooling serves as a social engineering project to produce manageable, dependent, and incomplete individuals unfit for self-governance or a rich inner life]] [[Schools break families and communities and disconnect students from the world]] [[Schooling and education are mutually exclusive]] --> [[The goal of education is de-schooling]] ### The Ideal [[Education is the art of sculpture not painting]] [[A good education fosters self-knowledge through real-world experiences in communities, independent study, and solitude]] [[Education is fundamentally about cultivating unique and free souls]] ### The Solution - [[Agency is earned]] - [[We don't need school reform, but to create more opportunities and choices outside of school]] - [[Dismantle the monopoly, embrace market principles, and trust families and local communities to define and their their own educational paths]] --- ## Quote Cards [Click me to view all quote cards or download](https://jimmyzhang.pixieset.com/knowledgegarden/dumbingusdown/) ![[Dumbing Us Down-1.png]] ![[Dumbing Us Down-4.png]]