Rethinking Education

This week’s letter will be more like an Outside the Box than a Thoughts from the Frontline. I am feeling under the weather, and while I can read and move around somewhat, I am really not thinking all that well and am not up to wasting your time writing a letter that neither you nor I will be happy with.
Thankfully, my friend Peter Diamandis sent a letter detailing his vision of the future of education, and I want to share it with you. I have been struck by the number of times in the last year when, as I begin to talk about the problems our society will face in the coming years – especially as regards the future of work -someone says ‘The answer is more education.’
I don’t want to be glib, but our educational system is largely a failure in producing children and young adults ready for the future. Why we would think that more of that would be useful? What we need to do is completely rethink the whole concept of what we call education. I will admit to being somewhat at a loss, having read many treatises and essays on changing education, but finding nothing that really brings it together.
Peter lives and breathes the future. I attended his executive seminar at Singularity University many years ago – an experience I highly recommend – and he has spoken at my conference. He is the founder of the XPRIZES and so much more – the accolades would take a full page. Go to his wiki page if you’re curious.

This post was published at Mauldin Economics on OCTOBER 22, 2017.