"Education is what remains when what has been learned has been forgotten", Skinner, I believe. Well what is education then? I believe it is the holistic coherent state of mind which hoovers above individual subjects. But nobody tells you how to acquire that. In school we are only taught separate subjects. Nobody guides us in making a coherent hole of it. So that we can if not fully understand then at least recognize and respect the complexity and dynamics everywhere in the world around us.
I'm also finding learning about systems practice is making a huge impact on how I consider my work and my role within it. My goal in taking the MSc was to eventually become a "real" engineer and I'm finding systems to be a hugely important first step with that.