The histogram of geniuses starts to decline around the time of the guttenberg printing press. The printing press aloud more people to have books and education. Seems like that caused a drop in geniuses. Could it be that before mass literacy the bar was lower ? It is it that the format changed into industrial schooling and that’s what simultaneously mediocratized and democratized knowledge
Both of my parents were K-12 educators and I've been teaching for more than 30 years at the community and university level. I agree with you completely that our education system has not only failed miserably at fostering that sense of wonder, but has squelched it in most kids. Increasingly more money is spent on education and increasingly less of it makes it to the learning. I'm rooting for alternative options for education. Thank you for sharing this.
The histogram of geniuses starts to decline around the time of the guttenberg printing press. The printing press aloud more people to have books and education. Seems like that caused a drop in geniuses. Could it be that before mass literacy the bar was lower ? It is it that the format changed into industrial schooling and that’s what simultaneously mediocratized and democratized knowledge
Both of my parents were K-12 educators and I've been teaching for more than 30 years at the community and university level. I agree with you completely that our education system has not only failed miserably at fostering that sense of wonder, but has squelched it in most kids. Increasingly more money is spent on education and increasingly less of it makes it to the learning. I'm rooting for alternative options for education. Thank you for sharing this.