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as long as legal innovation lags behind technological innovation institutions will seek to abuse that disparity in the furtherance of their interests.
“Enterprising government employees become consultants.”
― The Tyranny of Metrics
― The Tyranny of Metrics
“Today’s world needs a workforce of creative, curious, and self-directed lifelong learners who are capable of conceiving and implementing novel ideas. Unfortunately, this is the type of student that the Prussian model actively suppresses.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
“Thus the powerful tend to have a bias toward the status quo; our educational customs tend to perpetuate themselves, and because they interconnect with so many other aspects of our culture, they are extraordinarily difficult to change.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
“Because it's there.”
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“Can you imagine if someone told Einstein, Okay, wrap up this relativity thing, we’re moving on to European history? Or said to Michelangelo, Time’s up for the ceiling, now go paint the walls. Yet versions of this snuffing out of creativity and boundary-stretching thought happen all the time in conventional schools.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Benjamin’s 2025 Year in Books
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