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I will always applaud for those who say education system sucks.

I think school education keep us away from the real, real enjoyment of beauty, real work that creates real value for the people we love.

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I think there's a place for a formal system of education, even if it's not as centralized as the one we have now. We need common places for people to access shared knowledge like fundamental physics and math.

Something like Khan Academy with more contributors and formats.

When the British empire was at its height, any British officer could walk up to another and have common ground for a conversation. Even if they were from opposite sides of the world, they had been given the same education. Some amount of common education goes a long way in facilitating communication.

> I will always applaud for those who say education system sucks.

And the fact that you stop there is why the education system still sucks.

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