/education/

No to conventional education
I was thinking , connecting to how it would be better to educate a young prince, on how to get a better and more rounded education than conventional. More and more people every year are getting non-conventional education, many are homeschooled, others just... posted 3w ago with 3 replies 5 5

No to conventional e 5 5

First, I agree with most of what you say, though I want to make a case for classical languages like Greek or Latin as the natural means to learn the first three. ... 2w ago 4 4

First, I agree with 4 4

Education trough University or not
I think more and more people have realised in recent years that you don't need a university degree to be well-rounded and highly educated there is (of course) big resistance. What would be the steps to make this more societally acceptable? Not only would t... posted 3w ago with 2 replies 4 4

Education trough Uni 4 4

You would have to be able to incentivize convergence on the truth, without making it profitable to do so. In other words, truth has to be the underlying fundamental motive and principle of coordination, rather than money or opinions. In that way money woul... 2w ago 5 5

You would have to be 5 5

Creating Top Tier Educational Institutions Once Again
Harvard ... posted 4w ago with 2 replies 6 6

Creating Top Tier Ed 6 6

The SSC articles on Hungarian education are pretty interesting. This one is about a homeschooling regimen that produced chess grandmasters: ... 4w ago 0 0

The SSC articles on 0 0

How would we educate a young prince?
In another thread we considered whether a more intelligent population would have fewer social problems. Some comments brought out the intriguing idea that for matters of the functionality of society, structure and regime and therefore education may matter ... posted 2mo ago with 10 replies 11 11

How would we educate 11 11

Good read. I've noticed how I'm drawn away from academia that has gone vapid and mainstream towards religion that has a core group of people refining the craft. 2mo ago 2 2

Good read. I've noti 2 2