Why is it surprising when academics publish dissident content? Global class war, misunderstandings of Marxism, Omniwar, the deep state, technocracy, psychological torture, and Desmet's failings
Looking back on my "exclusive" university education, I am acutely aware of the narrow curriculum that served to blind me to reality. Which is the purpose of all academic institutions. Little more than serving up a diet of heavy textbooks with indoctrination to be memorized and regurgitated for the tests. The experience is so embittering for most, that 80% of all university graduates ( at least in America) never read another book in their lives. Education is meant to make the masses conflate education with knowledge.
However, had I strolled about my father's estate with a personal professor like David, as was done by wealthy families of the Enlightenment, my mind would have been stimulated to think critically, and knowledge, not education, would have been gained.
Looking back on my "exclusive" university education, I am acutely aware of the narrow curriculum that served to blind me to reality. Which is the purpose of all academic institutions. Little more than serving up a diet of heavy textbooks with indoctrination to be memorized and regurgitated for the tests. The experience is so embittering for most, that 80% of all university graduates ( at least in America) never read another book in their lives. Education is meant to make the masses conflate education with knowledge.
However, had I strolled about my father's estate with a personal professor like David, as was done by wealthy families of the Enlightenment, my mind would have been stimulated to think critically, and knowledge, not education, would have been gained.
Thanks, Gordon.
I always try to teach my students how to think for themselves.
Sapere aude!