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I had been thinking about how schools work when I realised it seems as though you're first taught how to work then why to do the work. I think that was a perfectly reasonable mode of operation at the time formal education was being introduced because it wasn't at a time when we were exactly as skeptical as we are now about the corrupt foundations of our systems of authority.

This is to say that, back then, because of how high stakes survival was, people weren't so comfortable existing without order. This also isn't to say that established order is perfect, and nothing of value can be found through exploration, but in fact to say that this is how innovations come to be, and that there was a lot more respect for keeping things in order because the other option was effectively desperation.

Nowadays, with the justification upon which western and westernised civilisations developed being shaken, as in the belief in Judeo-Christian values, the established order seems archaic, which is usually the first step towards a sweeping change, which could be revolutionary improvement or a flood.

Why does that matter? While I believe getting entirely rid of the influence that our foundational belief has on our culture would be catastrophic, i don't think there are no improvements to be made and in fact can't conceptualise the point where there exists no improvement). Think of the foundational belief/philosophy of 'Loving the Lord your God (which I understand as having the utmost respect for pure truth which leads to true love) and then loving your neighbour as you love yourself' as a current that carries us through time. Some currents are full of rocks while some provide safe passage. This current has led to the greatest civilisation man has recorded thus far. So to get rid of surfaces you can do without to further avoid collisions is what we're supposed to do.

We're now at a point where 'switching streams' seems to be a central focal point of cultural, political and philosophical conversations, meaning the respect for the old mode is quickly disappearing and so, for example, few really think about the reasoning behind being educated in the first place. We effectively now aim for careers with shining titles rather than those whose effect we first identified as positively impacting a community, or end up aiming in other directions which is more often than not a very good idea. The reasoning behind the greatness of a doctor is now reflected by their paycheck, when in fact the paycheck is actually effectively determined by the value the community sees in their effort, or at least that comes as an afterthought.

If schools increase focus on expressing why and what effect the subject is important they can peak the interest of students in their subjects. The fundamental things we seek as humans are quite constant, they're just 'flavoured' by the culture you're in. From this perspective, a teacher can understand how to frame lessons to specific students.

Of course, even in the things we want fundamentally there exist those we ought not to give into, as in, exactly what would constitute falsehood and not loving your neighbour as you do yourself. This is the true basis of what we have now thats any good, that is, look into yourself to find out what people appreciate, look for the resource to build it and bring it to the community in hopes that they appreciate it, then the community reciprocates through a token of appreciation, which they themselves think is a 'fair compensation for your troubles in bringing them the convenience'. What we have a lot of nowadays are people selling the illusion of convenience, and people convinced that this is the method. We actively look inside ourselves for ways to successfully deceive, and use this to guide other into their own loss at our profit, which is practically flipping our foundational belief on its head.

I think a lot of this is caused by the hopelessness some may feel struggling to understand something they can't and are constantly berated without even knowing what they're working for, or others simply driven by a spotlight. With AI which can understood to be a heightened IQ for all, ignoring all the controversy that can't be concluded on, with such an approach we can have a lot more people working toward identifying problems and easily finding technical solutions to them, which would definitely create more job opportunities even temporarily, as AI develops to complete even more complicated tasks, with the ease with which these conveniences are produced increasing, lowering costs and therefore prices. We may end up with a culture more focused on understanding oneself in order to benefit others and thrive yourself. Ai will know how to do complex tasks, but expecting it to understand what people will appreciate to the point of being profitable requires us to make it perfectly in tune with the nature of human experience, which we ourselves aren't, but are definitely closer to, and approach evermore the more we find out the truth about ourselves.

I doubt, but wouldn't know whether, there lies a difference in how well different people can 'look inside' themselves and understand what they value, but it is true that entrepreneurs aren't exactly known for having high IQs as opposed to say neurosurgeon or physicists, yet they can be incredibly a lot more financially successful because they provide conveniences to a lot more people directly, while a neurosurgeon, for example, may provide a far higher quality convenience and for a serious amount of compensation, but is limited by the amount of people that they can provide the convenience to who would appreciate it, as opposed to an entrepreneur who owns a business selling pens.

AI helps balance the effect that lacking in depth experience on the subject matter can have, that is, in fields like software engineering, entrepreneurs can already at least push out prototypes that can then be worked on by professional developers quite rapidly. Now people can have good ideas and not immediately lose hope because they can actually begin to realize them.

Did you know that if PhD’s were to finally understand that Narcissism is a condition/illness created by cause and effect instead of a trait, millions of people could actually start healing from their abuse. As long as it is considered a trait by those who are in charge of informing the public, the victims will keep on blaming themselves, hold bitterness for their abusers, be confused and see their abuse as a personal attack instead of a universal predestined pattern abuse used by people who became Narcissists because they themselves went through a form of abuse or a trauma their brain couldn’t process. We as people each have our own roles, we have farmers, factory workers etc.. While we provide milk, or other essentials that PhDs gladly consume, PhD’s have been failing Humans for so long on so many aspects not only the narcissist denial, they know smartphones causes irreparable damage for teens growth, and many more. If PhD’s focused on root causes of problems, the majority of them would lose their job because there would be no mental health crisis. Crazy world we live in 😉