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What Shall I Teach My Son?
Education in the age of AGI should prioritize how we teach rather than what, focusing on human-centric purposes like stewardship and critical inquiry.
What: Steve Krouse reflects on the purpose of education for his child, drawing on Neil Postman’s 1995 book 'The End of Education' to argue that schools survive not by their stated goals, but by providing social and institutional structures, and that modern educators should foster curiosity and humanity over mere vocational training.
Why it matters: As AI agents subsume tasks traditionally defined as 'valuable skills,' the focus of human development is shifting from technical utility to social and philosophical grounding.
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The way we teach is often more important than the what.
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