I've always thought that early education should be more of a You-Are-Here orientation: bringing new humans up to date on what they are, their place in the world, where humanity as a whole is going and the challenges facing us.

Think Neo being pulled out of the Matrix, only in reverse.

Of course different nations are going to have their own biased version of the things listed above, but I suppose that's okay.

What's undeniable is that we have reached the point where it's impossible for any human to even be able to consume all the art produced by mankind, let alone understand all our technology, in a single lifetime.

Until we figure out medical immortality, children should be informed of all the options available to them, as early as possible. Fluency in tools that are a de facto requirement of modern society; cars, computers, smartphones, even things like Facebook and online privacy – should be taught as soon as possible.